President Trump
Donald John Trump Governor Approval Rates Drop As COVID-19 Cases Rise Gohmert Says He Will Take Hydroxychloroquine As Treatment For Virginia Governor COVID-19, Senators Seek CDC Help With Coronavirus Outbreak In Center immigration detention MOREThe reelection campaign has stopped new ad purchases in Michigan in recent days, polls show the former vice president Joe Biden
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Trump’s recent withdrawal from the airwaves in Michigan came as his campaign shifted advertising dollars to other battlefields like Iowa. The move was first reported on Wednesday by The New York Times. According to the Times report, Biden has more than tripled Trump’s television advertising spending in Michigan in the past month.
A Trump campaign spokesperson noted that the president still has large amounts of reserved airtime in Michigan and continues to trust his prospects there. In fact, the campaign has $ 11.4 million in reserved television commercials as of September, and national purchases mean that some of the president’s commercials will still air in the state.
“Biden can continue to spend a million a week there if he wishes,” the spokesperson said in an email.
Laura Cox, president of the Michigan Republican Party, said the Trump campaign has already “made unprecedented financial investments” in the state that had put Republicans on the road to victory there.
“The Trump Campaign and the RNC have made unprecedented financial investments in Michigan in this cycle and thanks to their efforts, the Michigan Republican Party has built the most robust and sophisticated ground operation the state has ever seen,” Cox said in a statement. .
“We are confident that the President’s great commitment to Michigan will lead to victory in the Great Lakes state in November, just as it did in 2016.”
Still, the Trump campaign’s decision to siphon Michigan’s ad spending comes amid signs that the state may no longer be the battleground that both sides had once thought it would be in 2020, especially given the Trump’s narrow victory of 10,000 votes there four years ago.
Almost all Michigan public polls in the past few months show Biden with a significant advantage over Trump, and he currently has an 8-point advantage in the most recent FiveThirtyEight poll average.
The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan electoral hurdle, currently has Michigan in its “Lean Democrat” column.
However, beyond polls, Trump has often disagreed with Michigan state officials, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D).
In May, he threatened to withhold Michigan federal funds after Benson announced that the state would mail ballot applications to all of its registered voters. And he has been particularly critical of Whitmer for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in his state.
Trump also faces headwinds in other battlefield states, including his adoptive home state of Florida, which the Cook Political Report moved to the Lean Democrat column on Tuesday.
–Updated at 2:17 pm
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