“There is no sensible, rational person in politics who would say, ‘I’ll spend’ X ‘amount of money on a race,’ ‘Mr. Nutter said, adding that many of the influential gentlemen of Bloomberg around the mid-term 2018 elections had come the month before election day. “He’s usually a later supporter, when we can really invent the landscape.”
Yet while “donors like to keep their cards until the 11th hour,” said Dr. Powell, the professor of political science, great gifts that arrive early can allow campaigns to make better strategic choices, especially this cycle. “Our normal election timeline really needs to be shifted forward, given that there will be so many early votes,” she said.
Some Bloomberg allies suggested he had simply decided that Mr Biden did not need his assistance, given the leadership of the former vice president in the election and the growing strength of his fundraising operation, which sometimes hat of Mr. Trump’s.
Indeed, in January asked about his possible future support of the Democratic nominee – because he indicated a willingness to open his wallet to whoever the party chose – Mr Bloomberg implied that he would calibrate his grant. “It depends on whether the candidate needs help,” he said. ‘If they do it very well, they are less needed. If they are not, they will need more. “
Mr Bloomberg’s transfer to the party in the spring came after the build-up of field operations in battlefield states such as Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia earlier and faster than expected, although a spokeswoman declined to say how that money turned out. bestege.
“He continues with the work he has done over several cycles to support our party, and comes out of the convention and helps Democrats win in the strongest position possible at every level of the vote in November,” Tom Perez said , the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
Stephanie Cutter, the program’s executive director of the convention, said Mr Biden would speak to Mr Bloomberg specifically about the state of the economy. “Mayor Bloomberg worked with Joe Biden 10 years ago during the economic recovery and saw Biden’s ability to move the country out of this crisis,” Mutter Cutter said.
