2aguy
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Jeb Bush spent 140 million dollars in the primaries and had the backing of a powerful political family and machine...and lost...big...to Trump....
hilary out spent Trump 2 to 1...over a billion dollars......and still lost to Trump....
And the left still thinks Trump is just a reality t.v. star....
The final bill for the two campaigns might change the way presidential politics works - Hot Air
Those figures aren’t just the amount directly raised by the two campaigns. They include spending by the two party committees and PACs as well. Yes, Clinton broke the billion dollar mark by a fair bit, but Trump and his supporters spent only half of that amount. And of the $600M spent on The Donald’s eventually winning effort, more than 10% of that came out of his own pocket.
Does that mean that the old conventional wisdom is simply wrong? Has much of this fundraising and endless purchases of television advertising blocks and direct mail pieces actually been for nothing? If so, that could indeed change the American political landscape going forward in a revolutionary way. And there’s something to be said for the idea that we keep doing the same things over and over again in political combat not because we know that it’s working or it’s a requirement, but simply because that’s how it’s always been done.
hilary out spent Trump 2 to 1...over a billion dollars......and still lost to Trump....
And the left still thinks Trump is just a reality t.v. star....
The final bill for the two campaigns might change the way presidential politics works - Hot Air
Those figures aren’t just the amount directly raised by the two campaigns. They include spending by the two party committees and PACs as well. Yes, Clinton broke the billion dollar mark by a fair bit, but Trump and his supporters spent only half of that amount. And of the $600M spent on The Donald’s eventually winning effort, more than 10% of that came out of his own pocket.
Does that mean that the old conventional wisdom is simply wrong? Has much of this fundraising and endless purchases of television advertising blocks and direct mail pieces actually been for nothing? If so, that could indeed change the American political landscape going forward in a revolutionary way. And there’s something to be said for the idea that we keep doing the same things over and over again in political combat not because we know that it’s working or it’s a requirement, but simply because that’s how it’s always been done.
