Trump Dumps Big Bucks On Colorado

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by: Colorado Pols

Donald Trump.

Sandra Fish reports for Colorado Public Radio:

Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the airwaves this week with two weeks of ads scheduled.

Several Denver stations filed nearly $1 million in ad contracts with the Federal Communications Commission Monday and Tuesday…

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton spent $2.3 million on more than 9,000 ads in Colorado during June and July. But her campaign hasn’t been on the air specifically in the state since, though the campaign aired ads nationally during the Olympics and is running some cable ads nationally.

The recent tightening of the polls in Colorado that provoked Donald Trump’s presidential campaign into a blitz of appearances last week is of course responsible for this new round of spending by his campaign. Polls nationally appear to be swinging back toward Hillary Clinton after Trump’s thumping in Monday night’s debate, but we haven’t seen post-debate numbers for Colorado specifically to know what the effect is here.

Either way, it’s a safe bet the Clinton campaign and supporting groups will follow suit. Game on, swing state!

The local television stations, anyway, are grateful.

6 thoughts on “Trump Dumps Big Bucks On Colorado”

bullshit! says:

September 28, 2016 at 11:16 am

I don't personally fucking believe it. The polls that is.

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OrangeFree says:

September 28, 2016 at 12:21 pm

Two things need to happen: HRC needs to start running ads in CO again (we're still in the bag, but not by that much), and she needs to make some stops here to get some free media going.

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  September 28, 2016 at 1:15 pm
  
  I've seen ads all along including "I approve his message" ones as recently as a week or so ago. Agree she should concentrate more fire power here in the home stretch but I'm sure they have their internal polls on all the swing states and there are much bigger ones she needs to secure first. I hope Michelle and/or Bernie will come too.
  
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2. Moderatus says:
  
  September 28, 2016 at 2:53 pm
  
  No, Hillary;s got it locked up in Colorado. Don't bother. 🙂
  
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Les Ismore says:

September 28, 2016 at 2:15 pm

Be interesting to see where the polls are after that last "debate". I see much more enthusiasm just in the last couple of days in the field offices I have been to. Just anecdotal but folks sure seem a lot more upbeat.

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  September 28, 2016 at 4:40 pm
  
  It will take a few days for the debate effect to show if there's much of one. I think between the debate, the stuff that's followed, especially the way the two candidates have handled themselves since, and the appearances by Michelle and Bernie, there will be improvement for HRC in the polls.
  
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