Then why
Posted on 02/03/2016 11:58:19 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
One of the key metrics on the strength of a campaign is how well their fundraising, and allocation of resources are going. In that measure Ted Cruz's campaign is on fire. According to FEC reports, for the most recent filing period, Ted Cruz had more cash on hand than the Republican National Committee.
For the period ending on December 31, 2015 Cruz reported having $18,734,794.46 cash on hand. For the same end date the Republican National Committee had $18,723,782 on hand. Cruz had about $11,000 more in his war chest than the RNC. It shows a particular strength for his campaign.
Part of the cash on hand equation is how well a campaign has managed their resources. The ratio of money spent to money raised is know as a campaign's burn rate. Going into the heat of the primary season, Cruz's burn rate is the lowest of all candidates. He has spent just 60.6% of what he has raised.
So while Ben Carson has raised more money, he has burned through it at a much faster rate than Cruz. Carson has spent 88% of what he has raised, mostly on direct mail, which allowed him to raise the money in the first place.
Going into the home stretch of the nominating contests, here is a ranking of the current candidates cash on hand as reported to the FEC...
(Excerpt) Read more at conservativereview.com ...
Ted Cruz is raking in the bucks, while at the same time being the most fiscally conservative of the bunch!
Go Ted Cruz!!!
I wonder how this thread is going to morph into another Palin-hating thread. Pulling up a chair.
His banker friends are very generous.
So they are both treading water?
18 million is chump change when Obama raised a billion.
And that’s not counting the free media.
We need a change, we want more con-servative law clerk lawyers turned politician!
Go team!
I've really come to hating this site just because of the Palin bashing. It angers me to no end.
I’ve sent more to Ted Cruz for President than any other campaign in my voting history and I’m 74.
It’s not just Palin. I read more venom about the GOP field on this forum than I do anywhere else.
Nobody with brains gives to the RNC anymore.
Certainly not after the McDaniels/Cochran election.
Not sure about the bankers, but I gave a little tad.
Well you got the ball rolling.
He has raised $46,543,740 in his campaign. Of that, $28,035,494 has been raised on donations of $200 or less.
That means that 60 cents of every dollar has been from a small donor. Only Carson beats him on percent of contributions from a small donor.
She did that to herself by endorsing The ultimate Crony Capitalist while pretending to be the Ultimate anti-Crony Capitalist Crusader all this time.
Go on. More.
Then why
I get pleas of being broke from Ted’s campaign literally daily through two email addresses. It’s upsetting to think they are but cries of “wolf” when all is relatively well.
Cruz is on TV now ripping Trump to pieces.....rightly so too.
Trump should man up and shut his fat NYC mouth....,SC is watching and folks there don’t like whiners.
I her endorsement of Trump helped Cruz.
I’m fine with her.
:)
That’s ok, I have better things to do than to feed your weird Sarah Palin fetish.
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