The increasing number of people voting before election day is changing the dynamics of political campaigning, requiring candidates to spend more money to target voters over a longer period of time. In the past, candidates designed campaigns to “peak” on election day. In the final days leading to the election, campaigns unleashed advertising blitzes and made a final push to get voters to the polls. Now more voters take advantage of early voting, a two-week period before election day where voters can vote just as they would on election day, but with more flexibility. read more