Posted on 09/20/2024 7:53:56 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become.
Vice President Kamala Harris outspent former President Donald J. Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram in the week surrounding their debate, capitalizing on the moment to plaster battleground states with ads and to hunt for new donors nationwide.
The lopsided spending — $12.2 million to $611,228 on Meta’s platforms, according to company records — was hardly an outlier. Ever since Ms. Harris entered the race, her campaign has overwhelmed the Trump operation with an avalanche of digital advertising, outspending his by tens of millions of dollars and setting off alarm among some Republicans.
Four years ago Mr. Trump, then holding the White House, drastically outspent Democrats online early in the election cycle in hopes of gaining an advantage. Now Mr. Trump, facing a cash shortfall, is making a very different bet that emphasizes the unique appeal of his online brand, the durability of a donor list built over nearly a decade and his belief in the power of television.
The difference was especially stark on screens across the most contested battlegrounds in the week surrounding the debate. In Pennsylvania, Ms. Harris spent $1.3 million on Meta’s platforms, compared with $22,465 by Mr. Trump. In Michigan, she laid out $1.5 million, while he spent only $34,790.
“We just can’t afford to abandon a platform to Democrats,” warned Eric Wilson, a Republican digital strategist and the executive director of the Center for Campaign Innovation, which presses conservatives to embrace technology.
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SHE IS DEMONSTRATING HOW SHE WILL SPEND THE USA INTO BANKRUPTCY
QUALITY BEATS QUANTITY
And yet she’s barely treading water in most polls.
Money misspent. How many yachts and other high-end non-expendable goods will that buy?
She’s on a show with Oprah right now they can’t get as much as 10,000 viewers
Trump got 60,000 to show up in person in suburban NY this week and big online an tv viewers
Not only is this NYT well aware of all this- has to be driving them nuts
Because Kamala has dozens of Billionaire backers.
Rich will get richer, poor will get more free government $$
Middle class will get the shaft (already getting hosed by inflation).
Money that was laundered through Code Blue....
It doesn’t matter. Money can only do so much. How much would it cost Hitler, if he were still alive and eligible, to win the presidency?
It costs a lot more to promote a lie than to promote the truth. Sometimes the lie is so bad it is kinda like the speed of light. Eventually it would take all the money in the world and it would still not be enough.
I think that is what’s happening here. The only way Kam wins is through cheating. And that’s going to be a lot harder to pull off this time.
Outspending your opponent 20 to 1 and the race is within margin of error? Maybe they’re doing it wrong. Or perhaps you can only put so much lipstick on a pig regardless of how much lipstick you can buy.
She has to spend because she has zero organic engagement. Trump has real support among the people so he need only poat a Truth and watch it grow from the grass roots. She need to spend just to compete.
There are plenty of Republican billionaires, Miriam Adelson, for example. Why are they not contributing more heavily?
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, here on earth as it is in Heaven.
Da best government money can buy. The far-left weirdos love to make a big thing about voting. OUR VOTES DON’T MEAN JACK SH*T. Communist Hollyweird’s money chooses our government.
So did Hillary ,see what that got her.
Numbers are skewed by at least one thing: A lot of Trump supporters are spending a ton of money to support Trump. This does not show up as Trump spending. Reason? They can spend how they want. So like most stats, this is just spin garbage.
Even at that, she is losing the sale.
Sucks to be her.
These ads can be very effective with low-IQ independent voters. Trump really needs to respond to these.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4266013/posts
The USA is for sale - this nincompoop will laugh in our faces if we’re stupid enough to let her into the WH.
The problem is - where do those of us who loved the USA go when they’ve completed their takeover?
Trump on Gutfeld had 5 million viewers. Lots of libs watch Gutfeld. No cost to the campaign, but the result, priceless.
Spending lots of money does not equate votes.
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