Trump Campaign Shifts Florida Ad Spending Burden to RNC
- Focus moves to northern states where Trump prevailed in 2016
- Buoyed by fundraising, Biden holds 3-1 edge in recent spending
Trump during a rally in Sanford, Florida on Oct. 12. Trump and Biden are effectively tied in the RealClearPolitics average of polls for the state.
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Donald Trump’s campaign has slashed its advertising budget in Florida, relying on the Republican National Committee to carry the message there as the president’s re-election effort moves resources to the industrial northern states that carried him to victory in 2016.
Since Labor Day, Trump has cut $24 million from his national ad budget, while former Vice President Joe Biden has added $197 million. Biden has outspent Trump three-to-one over that time nationally, according to data compiled from ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics.