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08-17-2016, 05:40 AM
Donald Trump still hasn't spent a dime on commercials, but he promises to start
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With less than three months until the election, Donald Trump's presidential campaign has still yet to spend a dime on TV commercials.
The sum — or lack thereof — was confirmed in a recent update from NBC News and tracking firm Advertising Analytics, which have been jointly charting spending throughout the election cycle.
SEE ALSO: CNN and Donald Trump are on the brink of all-out war (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/cnn-donald-trump-brink-of-war/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The few pro-Trump TV spots that have aired came from assorted PACs and outside groups, which have spent a combined total of $12.4 million on the Republican **minee's behalf.
By contrast, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign had racked up bills totaling nearly 20 times as much by this stage in the election — about $233 million. And that doesn't even account for the $90 million kicked in by his biggest surrogate PAC. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/trump-tv-commercials-spending/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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With less than three months until the election, Donald Trump's presidential campaign has still yet to spend a dime on TV commercials.
The sum — or lack thereof — was confirmed in a recent update from NBC News and tracking firm Advertising Analytics, which have been jointly charting spending throughout the election cycle.
SEE ALSO: CNN and Donald Trump are on the brink of all-out war (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/cnn-donald-trump-brink-of-war/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The few pro-Trump TV spots that have aired came from assorted PACs and outside groups, which have spent a combined total of $12.4 million on the Republican **minee's behalf.
By contrast, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign had racked up bills totaling nearly 20 times as much by this stage in the election — about $233 million. And that doesn't even account for the $90 million kicked in by his biggest surrogate PAC. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/trump-tv-commercials-spending/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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