Battleground ad spending in June: Team Hillary $26 million, Team Trump 0

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: HOTAIR.COM

URL: http://hotair.com/archives/2016/06/29/battleground-ad-spending-in-june-team-hillary-26-million-team-trump-0/

by: AllahPundit


If you include all ad time reserved in battleground states through Election Day, the advantage is … $140 million to zero.

I’ve been careful to note in poll posts lately that Trump’s numbers in the battleground states are more encouraging than his national polling (errrr, until today), which is good since national polls are ultimately meaningless. The not-so-small caveat is that, apart from the occasional rally or speech, he’s not competing in battleground states right now. Hillary has the field to herself. The glass-half-full spin on that is that it shows how much room Trump has to grow once his fundraising gets going and he starts buying airtime of his own.

He’s within a few points despite barely having a functioning campaign! The glass-half-empty spin is that Team Clinton is seizing this opportunity to turn undecideds against Trump with no resistance apart from whatever free airtime his team can get from cable news networks.

Obama’s campaign alumni have said in the past that they thought the first few months of the race against Romney in 2012 were key in defining him as an out-of-touch plutocratic stiff. What we’re seeing right now is a de facto controlled experiment testing that theory. If one candidate spends a bunch of money early and the other candidate spends literally nothing, what effect will that have on subsequent polling? Does it matter that everyone in America already knows who Donald Trump is and has formed some opinion about him?



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[SirLinksALot]

Relatedly, left-leaning pollster PPP released some new battleground data yesterday. Unlike today’s Ballotpedia bloodbath, none of these numbers (except maybe Wisconsin) is daunting for Trump. But it’s worth noting that the last polls taken in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire all had the race closer than PPP does now.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Don't worry Mighty Casey doesn't have to swing at the first two pitches to save the day.

[Mechanicos]

Quinnipac says the same, Trump and her are at least tied nationwide.

So which polls are poll followers going to believe?

Because seems some are so gullible they fell for a poll made by a marketing company that brags its about manipulating people.

[ScottinVA]

Trump thinks he doesn't need advertising money... he can just turn on that inimitable charm of his and work the media.


Or something...