The projection showed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton winning 277.6 votes in the Electoral College, while Trump was projected to receive 260.2.
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Trump has acknowledged his spending deficit on the campaign trail – and even bragged about it.
Trump supporters pointed to changes in two key battleground states.
“Our expenditures on advertising, our expenditures on people, our expenditures on everything are a tiny fraction”. In a system widely acknowledged to be broken, she needs to show them she knows how to shake things up if she hopes to win their support.
Monmouth’s poll produced another unfavorable finding for Trump: 54% of Florida voters believe the GOP nominee’s recent turnabout on President Barack Obama’s origins was made for political reasons. An ABC/Washington Post poll average from August to September showed Trump polling at five percent with African Americans, compared to previous zero or one percent.
Clinton also has built a robust campaign team of 800 employees who cost a total of about $5 million last month.
Trump’s largest expenditure was $11 million for digital consulting and online ads. The campaign says it will continue paying Lewandowski’s firm severance through the end of the year to “honor its contract” with him. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee spent $47 million. Clinton spends $10 million or so every week, across 11 states and ran nearly 36,000 commercials.
But the former secretary of State has failed to put away Donald Trump, and many anxious Democrats are baffled as to why the race remains so close. The group also replenished its war chest with a healthy $23.4 million haul.
According to Federal Election Commission filings released Tuesday, the Clinton campaign raked in $59.5 million during the month of August, while the Trump campaign raised $41 million.
Clinton’s aides insist their investments will pay off on Election Day.
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When it comes to the issues, “there’s no actual depth [to] how students are being approached in this election”, Breana Ross, vice president of the United States Student Association, said Tuesday during a panel discussion on millennial activism and voting behavior hosted by George Washington University and Common Cause, a left-leaning watchdog group.
