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Democrats have a shot of turning things bluer, not just at the highest level. Texas will turn, sooner or later. 

 

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/27/bloomberg-launches-ad-blitz-in-texas-to-help-biden-as-democrats-see-best-chance-in-generation-to-flip-the-state/

 

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Bloomberg launches ad blitz in Texas to help Biden, as Democrats see best chance in generation to flip the state

Biden is dispatching Harris on Friday as part of modest bet that has left top Texas allies frustrated

Presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg campaigns at the Happiest Hour on Jan. 11, 2020 in Dallas. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)
Presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg campaigns at the Happiest Hour on Jan. 11, 2020 in Dallas. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer)

By Todd J. Gillman

9:35 AM on Oct 27, 2020 — Updated 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – Media mogul Mike Bloomberg is planning an 11th hour ad blitz in Texas in hopes of helping to defeat President Donald Trump, which likely means he’ll spend more to help Joe Biden win Texas than the Democrat’s own campaign, an aide said Tuesday.

The former New York mayor will spend $15 million in the final week, split between Texas and Ohio, according to a spokesperson for his Independence USA political action committee. The New York Times first reported the volley, which builds on the $100 million he has poured into Florida to help Biden.

The PAC plans TV ads statewide in Texas and Ohio, starting on Wednesday, the aide said. Texas has 20 markets, including some of the most expensive in the country in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Ads in Texas will be in English and Spanish, and will focus on “Trump’s mismanagement of COVID-19 crisis.”

It’s unclear what share of the $15 million will go to Texas. Even half wouldn’t be enough to reach most voters. On the other hand, that would eclipse Biden’s bet.

 

The former vice president has devoted about $4.8 million for ads in Texas since Labor Day, according to data from tracking firm Advertising Analytics. That’s more than Democratic nominees have spent in a generation but with the state at a tipping point politically, top allies have chafed at his refusal to go all-in.

“We need some help from the national ticket,” Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso congressman who nearly toppled Sen. Ted Cruz two years ago, told Texas reporters last Thursday on a call organized by the state Democratic Party.

 

Biden has not stumped in the state, though he is dispatching his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, on Friday for her first campaign stops, likely in Houston and Fort Worth. Both of their spouses also have visited Texas in recent weeks.

A Quinnipiac University poll released last Wednesday showed a dead heat in Texas, with Biden and Trump tied at 47%. A Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll released on Sunday showed Biden ahead 48-45. That 3-point lead makes Texas the closest battleground in the country. But Texas hasn’t picked the Democratic nominee since Jimmy Carter won the White House in 1976, and Biden has only dipped his toe.

“This state is theirs to lose. They’ve invested close to zero dollars in the state of Texas and they’re doing this well already. Imagine if they invested some real dollars,” O’Rourke said.

Trump has been bogged down defending Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona. He stumped in Midland-Odessa in late July and held a campaign-like event in Dallas in early June to talk about policing and race relations.

Former Gov. Rick Perry, who served as Trump’s energy secretary, confirmed Sunday that the president won’t be returning to Texas before Election Day, shrugging off the tight polls.

“He’s going to be in battleground states,” Perry said on a campaign call in response to a question from The News. “Texas is not a battleground state, it’s that simple.”

 

Bloomberg has already invested heavily in Texas this year.

He has personally given $2.6 million to Democrat Chrysta Castañeda’s campaign for the Texas Railroad Commission. which regulates the oil and gas industry. The Dallas energy lawyer faces businessman Jim Wright, who upset incumbent Ryan Sitton in the primary.

 

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group that Bloomberg founded, is spending $60 million nationwide, including more than $8 million into Texas races as it aims to help Democrats wrest control of the state House and flip some congressional districts. It’s spending heavily in two open congressional seats in Texas, one in suburban Houston, the other in the Dallas-area 24th District, where its ads blast former Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne, a Republican who faces Democrat Candace Valenzuela, for accepting money from the NRA.

During his own short-lived bid for the Democratic nomination, Bloomberg dumped an astonishing $55 million into ads in Texas ahead of the state’s March 3 primary, according to data from tracking firm Advertising Analytics. That’s still more than all other candidates and outside groups combined for the entire 2020 presidential race.

He ran third, with 14%, behind Biden’s 35% and Sen. Bernie Sanders' 30%, and dropped out the next day.

The Trump campaign has spent about $8.3 million in Texas, mostly on digital ads last summer. Biden started October with $177 million in the bank, nearly triple the president’s stash.

Bloomberg decided on Monday to boost spending in Texas and Ohio after reviewing polling across the country and identifying those two states as the most ripe to expand the competitive map, the aide said.

The RealClearPolitics average of polls shows a statistical tie in Ohio and Trump leading by 3 points in Texas.

 

His PAC has been running ads in all 10 Florida media markets since mid-September, and has also invested in get out the vote efforts there.

In 2018, Independence USA PAC spent $2.8M to help Democrats Colin Allred of Dallas and Lizzie Fletcher in Houston oust longtime GOP incumbents from Congress.

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@BarryLaverty@RETIREDFAN1  Who do political ads actually work for anyway?  I would think that presidential ads are almost worthless since candidate policies are blasted everywhere.  The true independent voter has their list of priorities and will vote on who they think cover those priorities...  

This is just my opinion but I believe these ads are targeting the basement dwelling 18-21 yr olds who don't care anything about politics and will do nothing to educate themselves on it...  While you might be able to get these fat lazy globs of fat goo to Tweet your messages and scream it on their World of Warcraft chat channels, you aren't going to get them off of their lazy fat butts and go wait in line 2-3 hours to vote.  Same for college kids, they want to vote on election day to be a part of the story, then after 2 hours in line, they bail... they have a frat party to be at.  

Am I wrong in this thinking?

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50 minutes ago, MavGrad99 said:

@BarryLaverty@RETIREDFAN1  Who do political ads actually work for anyway?  I would think that presidential ads are almost worthless since candidate policies are blasted everywhere.  The true independent voter has their list of priorities and will vote on who they think cover those priorities...  

This is just my opinion but I believe these ads are targeting the basement dwelling 18-21 yr olds who don't care anything about politics and will do nothing to educate themselves on it...  While you might be able to get these fat lazy globs of fat goo to Tweet your messages and scream it on their World of Warcraft chat channels, you aren't going to get them off of their lazy fat butts and go wait in line 2-3 hours to vote.  Same for college kids, they want to vote on election day to be a part of the story, then after 2 hours in line, they bail... they have a frat party to be at.  

Am I wrong in this thinking?

Hopefully, you may be a little cynical in your way of thinking! 😉

And, I think that ads/commercials/texts/mailers can all help convince voters that their vote is wanted, if not for the purpose of educating them on the issues. First rule of running for office: people like to be asked to vote for you. 

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3 hours ago, BarryLaverty said:

Democrats have a shot of turning things bluer, not just at the highest level. Texas will turn, sooner or later. 

 

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/27/bloomberg-launches-ad-blitz-in-texas-to-help-biden-as-democrats-see-best-chance-in-generation-to-flip-the-state/

 

NEWSPOLITICS

Bloomberg launches ad blitz in Texas to help Biden, as Democrats see best chance in generation to flip the state

Biden is dispatching Harris on Friday as part of modest bet that has left top Texas allies frustrated

Presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg campaigns at the Happiest Hour on Jan. 11, 2020 in Dallas. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)
Presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg campaigns at the Happiest Hour on Jan. 11, 2020 in Dallas. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer)

By Todd J. Gillman

9:35 AM on Oct 27, 2020 — Updated 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – Media mogul Mike Bloomberg is planning an 11th hour ad blitz in Texas in hopes of helping to defeat President Donald Trump, which likely means he’ll spend more to help Joe Biden win Texas than the Democrat’s own campaign, an aide said Tuesday.

The former New York mayor will spend $15 million in the final week, split between Texas and Ohio, according to a spokesperson for his Independence USA political action committee. The New York Times first reported the volley, which builds on the $100 million he has poured into Florida to help Biden.

The PAC plans TV ads statewide in Texas and Ohio, starting on Wednesday, the aide said. Texas has 20 markets, including some of the most expensive in the country in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Ads in Texas will be in English and Spanish, and will focus on “Trump’s mismanagement of COVID-19 crisis.”

It’s unclear what share of the $15 million will go to Texas. Even half wouldn’t be enough to reach most voters. On the other hand, that would eclipse Biden’s bet.

 

The former vice president has devoted about $4.8 million for ads in Texas since Labor Day, according to data from tracking firm Advertising Analytics. That’s more than Democratic nominees have spent in a generation but with the state at a tipping point politically, top allies have chafed at his refusal to go all-in.

“We need some help from the national ticket,” Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso congressman who nearly toppled Sen. Ted Cruz two years ago, told Texas reporters last Thursday on a call organized by the state Democratic Party.

 

Biden has not stumped in the state, though he is dispatching his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, on Friday for her first campaign stops, likely in Houston and Fort Worth. Both of their spouses also have visited Texas in recent weeks.

A Quinnipiac University poll released last Wednesday showed a dead heat in Texas, with Biden and Trump tied at 47%. A Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler poll released on Sunday showed Biden ahead 48-45. That 3-point lead makes Texas the closest battleground in the country. But Texas hasn’t picked the Democratic nominee since Jimmy Carter won the White House in 1976, and Biden has only dipped his toe.

“This state is theirs to lose. They’ve invested close to zero dollars in the state of Texas and they’re doing this well already. Imagine if they invested some real dollars,” O’Rourke said.

Trump has been bogged down defending Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona. He stumped in Midland-Odessa in late July and held a campaign-like event in Dallas in early June to talk about policing and race relations.

Former Gov. Rick Perry, who served as Trump’s energy secretary, confirmed Sunday that the president won’t be returning to Texas before Election Day, shrugging off the tight polls.

“He’s going to be in battleground states,” Perry said on a campaign call in response to a question from The News. “Texas is not a battleground state, it’s that simple.”

 

Bloomberg has already invested heavily in Texas this year.

He has personally given $2.6 million to Democrat Chrysta Castañeda’s campaign for the Texas Railroad Commission. which regulates the oil and gas industry. The Dallas energy lawyer faces businessman Jim Wright, who upset incumbent Ryan Sitton in the primary.

 

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group that Bloomberg founded, is spending $60 million nationwide, including more than $8 million into Texas races as it aims to help Democrats wrest control of the state House and flip some congressional districts. It’s spending heavily in two open congressional seats in Texas, one in suburban Houston, the other in the Dallas-area 24th District, where its ads blast former Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne, a Republican who faces Democrat Candace Valenzuela, for accepting money from the NRA.

During his own short-lived bid for the Democratic nomination, Bloomberg dumped an astonishing $55 million into ads in Texas ahead of the state’s March 3 primary, according to data from tracking firm Advertising Analytics. That’s still more than all other candidates and outside groups combined for the entire 2020 presidential race.

He ran third, with 14%, behind Biden’s 35% and Sen. Bernie Sanders' 30%, and dropped out the next day.

The Trump campaign has spent about $8.3 million in Texas, mostly on digital ads last summer. Biden started October with $177 million in the bank, nearly triple the president’s stash.

Bloomberg decided on Monday to boost spending in Texas and Ohio after reviewing polling across the country and identifying those two states as the most ripe to expand the competitive map, the aide said.

The RealClearPolitics average of polls shows a statistical tie in Ohio and Trump leading by 3 points in Texas.

 

His PAC has been running ads in all 10 Florida media markets since mid-September, and has also invested in get out the vote efforts there.

In 2018, Independence USA PAC spent $2.8M to help Democrats Colin Allred of Dallas and Lizzie Fletcher in Houston oust longtime GOP incumbents from Congress.

You and your billionaires for socialism. It is amazing that you will follow a guy like this down the road to less freedoms and less liberties. But that is the way of the Parrot--always says what he is taught to say--SSDD, SMFH!!!!!

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2 hours ago, DAWG91 said:

How much $ did he waste trying to buy the democrat nomination?

Exactly... him, Trump, etc etc who have said "I am going to run on my own dime" learned real quick how much $$$ it will suck from your bank account.

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