Hillary Clinton Campaign Reserves Another $80 Million in TV Ads
Hillary Clintons campaign has reserved nearly $80 million in television advertising this fall, according to a senior aide, widening her lead over Donald Trump on the airwaves.
The campaign will spend nearly $77 million in September and October, in addition to more than $3 million for the rest of August, the aide said, part of voter targeting on the airwaves ongoing in eight states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and the congressional district centered in Omaha. (Nebraska is one of two states that splits its Electoral College votes by congressional district.)
With polls showing Clinton with a significant lead over Trump nationwide, the Clinton campaign has chosen not to spend on ads in Virginia and Colorado, reflecting the campaigns confidence in her lead in two states that have become increasingly Democratic.
The new Clinton ad spending is in contrast to Donald Trump, who launched his first general-election television ad last week with a plan to spend $4.8 million over 10 days in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Clintons campaign has already aired about $70 million in advertising in those states as well as in Colorado and Virginia since beginning general election advertising in mid-June.