Dollars don’t vote. People do.
True but it helps.
The Democrats had a boatload of money here in Minnesota and they used it to beat the crap out of us in the suburbs.
Regular campaign contributions as well as a boatload of independent expenditures. It was non-stop and they set the narrative.
Money helps.
Of course it doesn’t. If it did, we’d have had a President H. Ross Perot and a President Steve Forbes.
Robert Francis ?
WRONG!!!!!
He came as close as he did because of money!
The Republicans were overwhelmed in some areas because of money pouring in for Dem candidates.
Anyone watching Trump live news conference right now? He’s kicking ass and taking names while the press is asking “when did you stop beating your wife?” type questions.
| RACE | NAME | PARTY | EARLY VOTES | PERCENT | TOTAL VOTES | PERCENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. S. Senator | ||||||||
| Ted Cruz - Incumbent | REP | 3,060,859 | 51.06% | 4,240,942 | 50.94% | |||
| Beto O'Rourke | DEM | 2,897,477 | 48.33% | 4,017,851 | 48.26% | |||
| Neal M. Dikeman | LIB | 35,804 | 0.59% | 65,161 | 0.78% | |||
| ----------- | ----------- | |||||||
| Race Total | 5,994,140 | 8,323,954 | ||||||
| Early Provisional Ballots Reported | 12,046 | |||||||
| Total Provisional Ballots Reported | 36,951 | |||||||
| Precincts Reported | 7,936 | of | 7,939 Precincts | 99.96% | ||||
| Statewide Turnout | 52.70% | 15,793,257 Registered Voters |
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On the other hand, not getting off your duff to campaign is a great way to lose. This Texan is ashamed of Cruz not bothering to campaign. If it weren’t for Trump and common sense Texans, we’d have that fake Hispanic today.
Money won’t buy victory for a bad candidate. It IS good for 5-10% in a close race, particularly if the candidate also is personable.
How much would he have needed to spend? /s
Trump thinks Hugin would have done better (won?) if he welcomed Trump’s support.
Most donors usually wins. Most money not so much. And you might think those are related, but they’re really not.
Money made the race in Texas a lot tighter than I thought it would, I thought Cruz would win by 700,000 votes at least and a 5 to 6 % margin. The Governor won by over 10% I think but he had a black lesbian running against him. Cruz had the next JFK...lol
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