Although I see many Clinton TV ad every night here in CA, I wouldn’t expect Trump to waste his money here. I haven’t seen any on TV here & am glad he is running a lean campaign. I am curious though, he has been puling in a lot of money lately - has he been running ads in other states? If so, how many ads has he been running on TV?
I heard today that, since the Conventions, Hillary has spent about $150 Million, and Trump has spent $47 Million on TV ads. This does not include PAC and SuperPAC spending, which in Trump's case (Great America SuperPAC, NRA, America Forward PAC, etc.) involves more spent on TV buys than Trump's own campaign.
Still, Hillary is (between TV buys and Ground Game expenses) outspending Trump between 4-and-5-to-1. And he's cleaning her clock.
I’m not in the know in any way, but I’m thinking he’s holding back until Oct. 8, and then bombard the country with the best ads ever. And he needs to set aside a ton of money to combat the “October Surprise” that is sure to hit him at the last minute.
How far before the election did the Swiftboat ads begin? IIRC, maybe it was just a couple weeks — and they were effective.