In total, Trump raised at least $270 million since launching his campaign in June 2015, a little more than a third of the money that Obama's re-election campaign spent in 2012, according to the most recent filings with the Federal Elections Commission. snip
Clinton raised at least $521 million, according to filings.
The former secretary of state stuck to the more traditional campaigning model of launching expensive television ads and funding hundreds of staffers who fanned across the country to work to increase voter turnout on Election Day.
She spent more than $237 million on television ads and more than $42 million on hundreds of staffers.
She also benefited from spending by the Super PACs supporting her candidacy, which are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money but cannot coordinate directly with the campaign. More than a dozen people, including hedge fund magnate Donald Sussman and global financier George Soros, wrote multi-million checks to Priorities USA, the primary PAC supporting her campaign, according to filings.
Michael Traugott, a political science professor at the University of Michigan said the traditional U.S. model for picking presidents might seem odd to people in other nations, where campaigns are shorter and require less cash. "The system is clearly broken,” he said.
Donald Trump is a winner and a leader! I look forward to how he will govern this land. If he can bring economic prosperity to us, all the talk about him being a racist and sexist will vanish nto the history books.
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag
The ususal memes from the Left don't fit here. Romney lost because he was big money's candidate. But Trump? the usual attacks don't fit. He's a populist! He's for the "little guy". His greatest liability so far has been his scrappy mouth. If he was from the Left they'd accept it with no qualms. But since he's from the Right his mouth was labeled as atrocious! sexist! misogynist! bigoted! and more. It wasn't enough. Hillary invited Jay-Zee and Beyonce on stage. They used words that should have embarrassed them all, but N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!
It wasn't about the words after all. Michelle wanted Beyonce to be a role model for her girls. What????
Yeah, we all "bought" that, didn't we?
Go Donald!!! Lead America forward!!!
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag