The 2020 Democratic field is outraising
Trump by a huge margin — that
didn’t happen to Obama or Bush
CNBC,
by
Jacob Pramuk
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
1/19/2020 9:43:26 PM
President Donald Trump has one more distinction he can add to an unprecedented White House tenure. The president has blown past individual Democratic presidential campaigns in fundraising for his 2020 reelection bid. But the crowded primary field together more than tripled his 2019 cash haul, according to a CNBC analysis of Federal Election Commission filings and campaign statements. No incumbent president this century has been so thoroughly outraised by a field of challengers in the year before a reelection contest. The main Republican challengers to President Barack Obama in 2012 barely took in more than the incumbent in 2011.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
dirtyjersey 1/19/2020 9:46:34 PM (No. 292967)
Hillary spent twice as much as Trump. And she LOST.
35 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
vhs68 1/19/2020 9:55:04 PM (No. 292972)
And what is the point of this article? The dems had over 20 candidates at one time. They all raised money and had to spend it to stay in the race. Trump has had no competition. Except for his rallies.
An old saying is: Figures don't lie, but Liars figure.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/19/2020 9:56:25 PM (No. 292973)
Don't include any money put forward by Bloomberg or Steyer for their own campaigns, and one will see a more accurate picture.
36 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Omen55 1/19/2020 9:58:15 PM (No. 292974)
Hey Jake.
They are spending the $$$ to get the nom.
That means they are fighting each other.
That also means $$$ that won't be available for the election.
Meanwhile Trump & GOP are building an army & war chest to beat dem.
As for Trump, as anyone can see, he's getting pumped & ready for glorious battle!
Trump 2020.
He's got perfect vision for US.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/19/2020 10:11:55 PM (No. 292978)
Money is important. But Trump has turned politics on its ear. Jebbie spent $35 mill (of other people's money) per delegate. What did it get him?
19 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
MaMe2 1/19/2020 10:28:04 PM (No. 292982)
I spent $100 more than my neighbor did on the Powerball last night. I didn't win or break even.
16 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
greggojo 1/19/2020 10:39:30 PM (No. 292987)
The point of this article? To discourage Republicans. And, as poster #4 points out, all this money raised by Dems is spent, and will be unavailable for the general election. As for myself, even the thought of any of these Democrat candidates winning the White House will have me digging very deep to support Mr. Trump when the time comes, i.e. this summer and next fall. With Bloomberg vowing to spend a billion dollars to "beat Trump" and also vowing to support Sanders or Warren if either is nominated, a lot of Republicans are going to donate likely more than they can afford to keep a dangerous radical out of the White House. I know I will. Bloomberg may be a bazillionaire, but he can't match what millions of sensible Americans will give to stop America from becoming Venezuela.
21 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
padiva 1/19/2020 10:42:29 PM (No. 292990)
Thanks for reminding me to send a check.
18 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Newtsche 1/19/2020 11:21:41 PM (No. 293010)
Many big fools with big money.
7 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Californian 1/19/2020 11:24:51 PM (No. 293013)
Article does not say most important thing: how many individuals donated to each candidate. 1 million people giving 1 dollar each will become 1 million voters. 1 person giving 1 million dollars will be one 1 voter.
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Janylou 1/19/2020 11:30:22 PM (No. 293020)
I don’t think he needs to raise huge sums. His rallies are proof of his popularity. What dem candidate us drawing as many? All of them combined aren’t drawing as many.
7 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/20/2020 12:40:07 AM (No. 293036)
Let the morons lose their "investment" in communism.
4 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 1/20/2020 12:56:54 AM (No. 293042)
And they are p*ssing it away on their pointless, useless infighting, weakening each other, and draining the cash that they will need in the general election.
3 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/20/2020 5:25:18 AM (No. 293076)
The article says more about the lousy dem field than it does about the President, and it's a big so what article. Good grief!
2 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 1/20/2020 8:31:10 AM (No. 293153)
These dweebs will go a LONG way to concoct a headline that ,at a glance , makes it sound like our president is in some kind of peril in his fight to fix liberal mistakes.
1 person likes this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
cheeflo 1/20/2020 7:30:22 PM (No. 293687)
This is meaningless.
I wondered about that, too #3.
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