“Same commercials being run nationwide.”
No, I don’t think that is accurate. I think the ads are sold on a more local basis, certainly political ads, but also car ads, etc. Think of how you see an ad saying ‘see your local toyota dealer” or something like that. Those ads don’t run across the entire country. Maybe an ad for coca-cola does, but I’m not even sure about that.
I remember being a kid and when my dad would watch college football we’d see ads for Dr. Pepper, which you couldn’t get in NY at that time. I remember when they first sold it up here, it was very exciting, to me anyway!
It is accurate. I am not in a battleground state but I am seeing the ads on cable networks - and they are national ads, not locally through the system (you can tell the difference due to picture / audio being slightly different). I don’t personally have cable but when I visit someone who does I have seen quite a few ads on networks like TV Land.