Trash Collectors in Anti-Romney Ad Top Political Chart
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) released an anti-Romney spot featuring workers who collect trash and perform other public works in La Jolla, California, where Romney lived. Meet the People Who Make America Happen topped this week's chart with over 1.6 million views. The spot ends with "Meet the people who make America happen. Mitt Romney doesn't care about them."
Meanwhile, Samuel L. Jackson and JCER falls to second place this week with 924,000 views. Also, the RNC responds to the first presidential debate with Smirk, which shows footage of Obama's "smirk" when Romney is talking about why the country needs a new leader. It snatches third place with 765,000 views.
All in all, the Obama camp grabbed four spots on the chart, the Romney team with two, liberal groups with three, and conservative groups with one.
The Week's Most-Watched Presidential Ads
| Rank | Last Week's Rank | Candidate / Supporting Group | Campaign | Current Week's Views* | % Change in Views** |
Watch
|
|---|
|
1
|
New
|
AFSCME
|
Meet the People Who Make America Happen
|
1,657,767
|
NEW
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
Jewish Council for Education & Research
|
Samuel L. Jackson Wake the F@#k Up
|
924,466
|
-65%
|
|
|
3
|
New
|
RNC
|
Smirk
|
765,203
|
NEW
|
|
|
4
|
New
|
Barack Obama
|
Happy 20th Anniversary Barack and Michelle
|
735,238
|
NEW
|
|
|
5
|
New
|
Barack Obama
|
Ian's Letter: "Dear Mr. President"
|
572,068
|
NEW
|
|
|
6
|
4
|
Mitt Romney
|
Too Many Americas
|
489,737
|
-28%
|
|
|
7
|
8
|
Barack Obama
|
Table
|
465,427
|
52%
|
|
|
8
|
3
|
Priorities USA Action
|
Doors
|
352,798
|
-51%
|
|
|
9
|
New
|
Mitt Romney
|
Couldn't Say It Better
|
273,002
|
NEW
|
|
|
10
|
New
|
Barack Obama
|
Mitt Romney's Debate Performance: "Mostly Fiction"
|
246,059
|
NEW
|
|
Source: Visible Measures
Note: True Reach counts the combined performance of the original campaign clips uploaded by candidates and supporting groups like Super PACs as well as the copies and derivative videos uploaded by audiences. This analysis doesn’t include Visible Measures’ paid-placement performance data or video views on private sites.
