October 31’st, the Republican National Committee released a video ad named “Three Years Later.” The ad outlines how bad things have gotten in the last three years since Obama became President. Just days later, President Obama’s reelection team released a video of its own which focuses much on Obama’s Election Night speech three years ago.
At this time, which video – do you think – has more views? One would think that a President that sends a video to an e-mail list of thirteen million people would sure have many more views than the other side. But at the time of this writing, less than 48,000 people have seen the Obama video, versus almost 84,000 people who saw the RNC video.
Indeed, releasing the RNC video a few days earlier than Obama’s video may have given the Republicans a leg up, but Obama has an e-mail list that the GOP can only dream of haveing. And certainly video views do not indicate who will win or lose an upcoming election. But it is safe to say that the view difference between the two may be proof that enthusiasm among Republicans runs higher than it does among Democrats. Who all know what happened last time that this took place. (see, Midterm Elections, 2010 Edition).
