The debates could be pivotal, but we already know the media will pronounce Hillary as the winner... I contend that he needs to spend heavily on ads... More than anything else, that will turn the polls solidly in his favor... Rallies don't get him any additional votes--- he's preaching to the choir... Ads reach undecided voters- some who don't even have Internet access (as a caller stated on Rush's show a couple of weeks ago- she thought Trump was a monster cause that's all she heard on TV). Ads work- whether to reduce his negatives of increase her's.
His comment at an otherwise excellent rally in FL last Friday was telling... He bragged about not advertising and said he preferred to do it the old fashioned way- rallies... Guess what, if they are tied, or up 2-3 on Election Day, fraud will easily wipe that out... And I know it's about the States, but a National lead of 2-3 almost always results in an Electoral win
People don’t come to a candidate’s campaign event unless they’re committed to vote for him.
People going to Trump’s rallies are enthusiastic and they will get out and vote.
In my youth, my Dad and I attended a Mondale event and the candidate never showed up. There where a few hundred people there and I knew that he was gonna lose.
People have that same feeling about Hillary. Now crowd size doesn’t necessarily predict a candidate’s popularity but it measures enthusiasm.
And when it comes to turnout on Election Day, it matters a great deal.
Yes, but he also said that he held lots of money in reserve, since his campaign had not spent much....YET. The ads will have more effect closer to the election day. The risk is if one waits too long, one may miss some postal voters.
And of course last Friday he got free ads for millions during his "important statement".
Trump’s outreach to African-Americans was very effective and brilliant. He needs to keep it up. There’s a reason Illary and the media brought up the birther issue. What else does wikileaks have? How I wish Wikipedia would produce an email of Illary calling Obama a name.