Donald Trump’s campaign spent about $94 million in its final push for the White House, according to new fundraising reports filed Thursday.
The Republican continued his campaign-long trend of spending far less than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Her campaign blew through almost $132 million in its closing weeks, according to reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. The latest reports cover Oct. 20 through Nov. 28.
Over the course of the primary and general elections, the Trump campaign raised about $340 million. That included $66 million that the billionaire businessman contributed from his own pocket. The Clinton campaign, which maintained a longer and more concerted fundraising focus, brought in about $581 million.
Brad Parscale, Trump’s digital director who was empowered with spending decisions across the campaign, credited strategic last-minute investments with helping propel the political newcomer to victory.
Specifically, he told The Associated Press, the campaign and Republican Party spent about $5 million in get-out-the-vote digital advertising targeted in the final few days to Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida. That proved critical; some of those states were won by razor-thin margins.
“You think, what if we hadn’t spent that?” Parscale said. “We might not have won.”
Another investment that he said paid dividends was $7 million to air a two-minute “closing” television commercial. “Our movement is about replacing the failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American people,” Trump said as images from his rallies rolled across the screen.
The final FEC report showed the extent of the Trump advertising splurge. The campaign spent nearly $39 million on last-minute TV ads and another $29 million on digital advertising and consulting work done by Parscale’s firm.
Clinton’s campaign placed a far greater emphasis than Trump on television advertising, a more traditional way of reaching swaths of voters. She spent $72 million on TV ads and about $16 million on internet ads in the final weeks.
The former secretary of state also spent more than $12 million on travel — about double what Trump spent. Clinton, who not only had a money advantage over Trump but a staffing edge, spent more than $4 million on a nearly 900-strong payroll.
Still, Clinton’s top campaign aides have acknowledged in postelection appearances that it didn’t always spend money in the right places.
Her campaign manager Robby Mook said at a gathering of political strategists and journalists last week at Harvard University that he regretted not putting more staff in Michigan. When the state certified its results — 20 days after the election— Trump had won by just under 11,000 votes.
Outside groups that spent money on the presidential election also filed reports Thursday.
Trump got help from the super PACs Future 45, Make America Number 1 and Rebuilding America Now.
Future 45 and a partner nonprofit that does not disclose donors spent late in the campaign but became Trump’s biggest outside investors. Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, together gave $10 million to Future 45 in the final weeks of the campaign, the new reports show.
Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who Trump named this week as head of the Small Business Administration, gave $1 million to the group in October. She’d earlier given $6 million to Rebuilding America Now.
Make America Number 1 benefited from a $1 million donation by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, now an executive on the Trump transition team.
On Clinton’s side, Priorities USA — which raised and spent more than any super PAC in history — landed $16 million in the final weeks of the campaign. That brought its total haul to about $192 million.
Some of the group’s final seven-figure contributions came from its most loyal donors: media mogul Haim Saban and investors James Simons and Donald Sussman.
The 2016 election is over — but the fundraising continues.
The president-elect has raised millions of dollars since Nov. 8. That money is coming in mostly through purchased merchandise such as hats and ornaments and is paying for Trump’s “thank you” tour, which took him to Ohio and Iowa on Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Money can’t buy you love!!!!! I am so glad the Clintons are going away along with their whole team that is the swamp.
NO MORE BUSHES; NO MORE CLINTONS; AND ABOVE ALL, NO MORE OBAMAS !
Isn’t that the truth. But. I don’t trust Oboma. Once Trump gets in he will never go away and always putting his two cents in
Donald should tell Obama he had his turn and blew it now go away..
Thank God
In four years, Bernie Sanders will be getting all that money.
You left one out. No more Liberals.
Lying
Insensitive
Bullying
Egotistical
Rude
Asinine
Loudmouths
I’m so stealing this. thanx!
The swamp is not being drained… it is being restocked with some big alligators looking to eat up what little is left of the working classes…boy all the good people looking for change are going to get more of the same…no a heightened degree of oligarchy! Most of Trumps promises will not be fulfilled!
Drain the Swamp-
Build the Wall
Lick her Up
All BS of a silver spooned draft dodging elitist, who has filled for bankruptcy six times and each time screwed his workers, his contractors and investors. God had better bless America! We are in for a ride…
Amen hand writing on the wall.
Pedro, I’m assuming you meant “Lock her Up” but after reading your useless rant, perhaps “Lick her Up” is really what you meant. Fantasy of yours?
ALL OF THOSE AND “LOCK” HER UP !
Check and see but I think Kool aid adicition is covered by Obama care libtard
You obviously don’t understand bankruptcy law and protected classes. Workers were not screwed, the investment bankers that took foolish risks were. Give the man a chance, sing what’s wrong with you dome and gloom song sometime next year if he is not making it better. At the least he has no
Muslim brotherhood support, and will cleanse the government of that scourge.
Pedro, go on back to Mexico………… Jobs are already being given back to people that were laid off because of Obama and his cronies. I seriously hope you’re on Trumps deporting list. It’s negative people like you that have downgraded this country. But thanks be to God, she’s getting up off her knees.. You absolutely don’t know our history.. We only take so much of being pushed around. We are overcomers and know how to get rid of all this trash that has been brought into our country. And it’s not by killing and beheading or bombing like these terrorist do. America is a winner under the control of God and will rebound under The Trump Administration.. If you don’t love America and what she stands for I recommend you go back to where you came from..
Why not go back to where you came from, Pedro, which is no doubt perfect (to you only!)
IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH MONEY IT TAKES TO BE PRESIDENT. I’m sure our founding fathers did not have that kind of money but were elected. It is a rip off from advertising agency, & the media, it cost millions for one 30sec. add. It is a disgrace!!!!
that is why u will never have a middle class person run for potus
How much of her own money did HRC spend? Would she decline her Salary?? Would she even talk to the people and Mngmnt of Carrier, Ford and Boeing, or would she just support the liberal Unions??
Imagine a government run like a business that give dividends back to the shareholders ie the citizens under a president Trump.
All that money spent on someone who got 4 Americans KILLED! It has now been proved the special forces were in place to go in but were told to stand down! Another thing I don’t understand is Killary is all for bringing in more muslims and islamist who treat women like furniture. Yet most of the votes came from women. Are they just stupid or brain washed? They see articles all the time about muslim cowards beating women, killing their own family members etc yet they think that would never happen to them. Look at Germany, that is what you would have to put up with .
Trump is like a Timex watch he takes a licking and keeps on ticking……. how else can you put it..
welcome to the white house President Trump and VP Mike Pence 2016 thru 2024
NO MORE CLINTONS
Love your comment, Retired! Hope Trump sees it.
TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC-TIC The clintons are shitting themselves about now just waiting for the hammer to fall!!!!!!
I’LL JUST BET THEY COULD SHIT A BRICK !
Hillary’s problem wasn’t a lack of money. Hillary’s problem has always been too many Americans knew Hillary and knew they didn’t trust her to be president.
Well Said!!!
The Clintons and Jeb Bush out-spent Mr. Trump tenfold. But it didn’t matter in this election campaign.
If the auto guidance system is turned on by President Trumps Military Pilot in Air Force one, it will head for the nearest Golf Course!
Imagine, we are getting a President with a work ethic! Works 10 hour days, (on a short day) works Saturdays and Sundays!
My Son pointed out that the President elect called the Mayor of Chicago to come and visit him in his Suite in Trump Tower’s, and he went! Came out looking like his bottom had been spanked! Sanctuary City you say!
God Bless America and Trump and Thank You for allowing Trump to be our next President.
Amen!!
We are so relieved, shocked, but relieved, that Trump won. It has redeemed my faith in the American public. My whole family voted for Trump, with the exception of my daughter, brain washed by her university, UCSD, and culture (we are Californians.) We knew our vote wouldn’t count, as we live in California, but are quietly proud of the states that made the difference. We hope that Donald Trump can successfully implement the many good changes that he will struggle to accomplish for us, which our wonderful country so needs and deserves, for ALL Americans.
Of course, Clinton’s amount spent will never include what George Soros spent for election rigging, rent-a-mob cash, election recount cash (for Jill the shill and Hill) and the continuation of funds for elector bribes and/or death threats.
On day one of president tumps in office Jeff sessions should send federal marshals to George Dori,michial Moore ,and Hillery Clinton charging them with treason and terrorists activities
I’m praying for just exactly that!! Then each weekend send the Marshalls to pick up 2 or 3 more of the Liberal Democrats and Media who have slandered, libeled and attempted to subvert the Election process. Basically those gathering petitions to ask the electors to vote for HRC are saying they want to vote TWICE! They need to be reminded that the US does not elect by petition and you cast your vote once and accept the outcome!! Just like us Deplorables did in ’08 and ’12!
George Soros
Then after a short trail incarcerated into the Colorado super max for the rest of there lives all there assets be confiscated and paid to anyone hurt by there actions.then what’s left be used to pay down our national debt.
After reading the above comments in my view everything has been said, so carry on America and President Elect Trump.
Amen, Amen AAAmen!!!
She did not used a penny out of her pocket. The money she used were donations she stole like the donations made to rebuilt Haiti which she kept all the money. Its nice to spend other peoples money
We the people are finally blessed to have a pro American POTUS that can lead us out of the wilderness created by Bush and Obuma. The new Secretary of Education needs to reeducate the wrong headed Democrats, they are not really Democrats anymore, they have at best become Socialists. The liberal colleges have adopted a Socialist/Communist doctrine and need to be redirected. I have always treated the Democrats with respect and tolerance but they really need to be schooled in true American values. Work and earn your own living, welfare should be your last recourse. Certainly you can make a case for reeducation of the Republicans as well. Eisenhower was prophetic in warning us about the Military Industrial Complex. Remember Casper Weinberger, the man who never met a weapon he didn’t like, that mentality needs to be tempered because it needs war to prosper. Wars are rediculously expensive and was a significant factor helping us win the Revolutionary war. The English just got tired of emptying their coffers to support that war. There is a huge lesson there for DJT? Unfortunately Bush and Obuma didn’t learn it.
Many ministers across the country urged their congregation to analyse and vote for the party platform, not what the individual did 10 years ago i.e will we let the Supreme Court misconstrue the CONSTITUTION?. They got the Christian vote, the vote of the working,tax paying, thinking class voters.for the only political system that has worked,