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by seydor 247 days ago
Democrats outspent Trump in 2020, 2024 and 2016

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5173712/2024-election-a...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/21/us/elections/...

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Two things:

1. as in the example of my post, you can do extremely dirty ads tactics that are much more effective than plain ads, making your money go a long way

2. these don't count social media bots, especially when financed by external actors

Trump received the equivalent of two billion dollars in free media coverage in 2016.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/upshot/measuring-donald-t...

Elon Musk spent $44 billion dollars to buy Twitter and then prioritized right wing pro Trump messaging in 2024.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5156184/elon-musk-trump...