Trump campaign dialing back ads in Midwest states: report
By Celine Castronuovo - 10/07/20 07:44 PM EDT
President Trump's reelections campaign is removing millions of dollars in television ad spending aimed at voters in Midwestern states, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday.
The news outlet, which confirmed the ad spending numbers with the data firm Advertising Analytics, found that the Trump campaign has cut at least $2 million in advertising spots in both Michigan and Wisconsin since September.
In the battleground state of Minnesota, which Trump lost in 2016 by only 2 percentage points, the campaign has removed $5 million from its planned fall television ad spending.
This follows reporting from CNN Tuesday that the campaign canceled all planned television ads in Ohio and Iowa.
Trump campaign spokesperson Samantha Zager told The Hill in a statement Wednesday that “it’s cute that Joe Biden and his campaign think buying ads in these states makes up for years of Democrats viewing them as flyover country.â€
“If overspending on TV ads determined the outcome of elections, Hillary Clinton would be president,†Zager added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520105-trump-campaign-dialing-back-ads-in-midwest-states-report
