Posted on 01/17/2024 4:17:57 PM PST by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent nearly $1,500 per vote in Iowa only to see his dreams of winning the Hawkeye State disintegrate with former President Donald Trump's blowout victory in the state's GOP caucuses on Monday.
According to data from AdImpact, DeSantis and his allied super PACs spent approximately $35.06 million in Iowa through January 15 and received roughly 23,000 votes during the caucuses. The result was DeSantis spending $1,497 per vote in Iowa. (The DeSantis campaign spent $3,021,449, while affiliated PACs spent $32,037,828, per AdImpact.)
Meanwhile, Trump and his allies spent nearly $18.5 million on advertising in Iowa through January 15, by far the lowest of the three leading operations, according to AdImpact. The former president received over 56,000 votes in the caucuses, meaning that Trump spent roughly $328 per vote in the state, a much leaner figure than DeSantis. (The Trump campaign spent $7,018,016, while affiliated PACs spent $11,454,607, per AdImpact.)
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DeSantis’ spending is likely far more than other competitors if direct spending in Iowa is considered and not merely ad spend. Business Insider didn’t include this in our analysis, but few campaigns devoted more attention to Iowa than the Florida governor. He made it a point to highlight that he visited each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Despite his lengthy slog, DeSantis is not currently projected to have won a single county in the state.
I lost to Trump in Iowa by a somewhat similar margin, but I spent nothing.
The amount of money DeSantis and Niki are wasting on this effort is criminal. Every nickel of it should be used to defeat Biden and Democrats.
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Same here but now that elections are bought the end result will be the same.
At least DeSantis came in second.......Haley finished third.....
not what she expected having “all that momentum.”
Seems like every time I watch a YouTube video I see a Nimrata ad.
I press skip as soon as it lets me.
Poor little fellow needs to learn his limitations
I heard that Haley spent $1800.00 per vote!!
Heck, for $1500, folks in the ghetto would have voted for him at least 10 times.
Nikki Haley spent 32M and got LESS votes than DeStantis who spent 30M.
Trump spent 12M or so.
Does this include Rob’s $100k bribe for Bob Vander Pants?
If he’d have paid them direct, he probably could have gotten three times the number of votes for 1/3 the cost.
They better do an audit on the Florida Governor’s office expense accounts. The guy doesn’t know how to shop wisely.
Good point—knowing how to budget properly and get good “bang for the buck” is critical for good governors.
The FL residents may be in for some ugly surprises.
And basically 100% of all that money, over $50M, went solely into attack ads against DeSantis.
Trump and Haley never attacked each other, at all.
If I’d known that I would have voted for her
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