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NH: GOP Establishment Spends 20X Per Vote as Trump/Cruz
Breitbart ^ | February 10, 2016 | John Nolte

Posted on 02/10/2016 11:53:06 AM PST by detective

Donald Trump's massive and massively consequential New Hampshire victory cost the billionaire businessman a mere $40 per vote, according to a study done by Morning Consult. To come in a distant fourth place, Jeb Bush spent a mind-boggling $1200 per vote. Sen. Ted Cruz did the best; he landed in a surprising third place by spending only $18 per vote.

No one, though, wasted their money more than Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who spend $508 per vote to belly-flop into fifth place. Even though Bush spent more than twice as much as Rubio, the former Florida governor at least walks out of the Granite State with a live-to-fight-another-day narrative at his back.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; gop; trump
The GOP establishment is very good at wasting other peoples money. That is what they do when in office.
1 posted on 02/10/2016 11:53:06 AM PST by detective
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The GOP establishment is very good at wasting other peoples money. That is what they do when in office.


yup


2 posted on 02/10/2016 11:54:37 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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“Sen. Ted Cruz did the best; he landed in a surprising third place by spending only $18 per vote.”

Does this include PAC money? Trump has no PAC money.


3 posted on 02/10/2016 12:56:48 PM PST by Parley Baer
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This could have the benefit of draining the establishment dry so they can’t fight the Tea Party / true conservative base that is rising up to support Trump and Cruz.


4 posted on 02/10/2016 2:02:57 PM PST by tbw2
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