Bernie Sanders will end up spending a quarter billion dollars .......

[Iamaartist]

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http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/bernie-sanders-will-end-up-spending-a-quarter-billion-dollars-just-to-lose-by-millions-of-votes/24564/

Bernie Sanders has spent his campaign for President, and indeed much of his career, decrying the “big money” involved in elections. So it may qualify as ironic that when it’s all said and done he’ll have blown through a quarter billion dollars or more in the name of trying to win the democratic nomination, a far greater amount than anyone else running in either party’s primary race in 2016 – yet for all his outsized expenditures, he’s set to lose by around three million votes.

Sanders spent $46 million in the month of March, bringing his total campaign expenditures to $168 million of as March 31st. The pace of his expenditures has been accelerating, and he’s now burning through money every bit as quickly as he collects it. That suggests he’ll embark on even larger expenditures in April and May. But even if he levels off and remains on his March pace, he’ll end up having spent more than $250 million in the primary race when it’s all said and done.

Notably, Hillary Clinton has spent far less money during the democratic primary race, yet she’s received 2.7 million more votes nationwide than Bernie Sanders has. She currently leads in the polls in every remaining state where polling is being conducted, suggesting that once the voting is over she’ll have won by more than three million votes.

Majority-rules is how elections are supposed to work. Accordingly the 2016 democratic primary has demonstrated that even when a less popular candidate spends money excessively to try to gain an edge against a more popular candidate, it doesn’t always work. It just turns out that the less popular candidate spending the big money and the more popular candidate with the lesser expenditures was Hillary Clinton. That goes against every supposed narrative you’ve heard in this race, but the numbers can’t be argued.

[brush]

1. Ohhhh . . . they're not going to want to hear this OP around here.

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[Jbradshaw120]

2. Are you being deliberately

Obtuse or do you really not see the difference between raising money from millions of average people and raising millions from a few millionaires?

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Are you unaware what group you're posting in?

[Iamaartist]

5. Thanks

[Sparkly]

10. He got lost on his way to FR.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Ha!

[nini]

6. Looks like more average people are VOTING for Hillary don't you agree?

[Kath1]

12. I would certainly agree with that!

[Cha]

7. bernie's blowing bucks out the yin yang and not getting anywhere.. spending all those hard

earned $27 bucks on trips to Rome in search of the Pope. Out Spending Hillary 2 to 1 in New York and losing by 16% points.

Do you even know how much those big rallies cost him?

The sites of Sanders' three closing mega-rallies all went to Clinton (blue).




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[Stuckinthebush]

15. Awesome!

That speaks volumes!

[Cha]

18. Hi Stuck.. have you read any of the info on how much those huge rallies cost?!

With all the port-a-johns and security, etc, etc, etc? Almost a $million$$$$, I read.. that seems exorbitant!

[Stuckinthebush]

21. Howdy Cha!

Yes I have!

Talk about millionaires and billionaires! Haaaa!

His is a quixotic quest now. He is wasting money and blowing hot air.

[stopbush]

8. Sanders is trying to buy the election thru massive TV ad buys

and paying for these big rallies.

Hillary is doing well because she has built relationships and done the time-consumming work that must be done to connect to people on the ground. Sanders is throwing money at the election, trying to buy his way to the WH.

What does is matter where the $ comes from? It's the hubris that thinks tons of money will trump traditional relationship building efforts that is offensive here, not who is funding the offensive strategy.

[Thinkingabout]

14. She has always built relationships, did so with members of congress so she was endorsed by much

Larger numbers, it has continued, good point.

[Lucinda]

9. Your post is inaccurate. 92% of Hillary's donors are individuals, and the big fundraisers

are collecting money for the GE and downticket races.

[Rose Siding]

16. What I see is a 'Democratic Socialist' enjoying fine dining on chartered jets

at the expense of average people. The Lobster Revolution.

[Cha]

17. Just to let everyone here know.. I got a PM from Jbradshaw and he didn't know

he was posting in Hillary's group.. and he sincerely apologizes.

Thank you for doing that, J.. we appreciate it.

Just one thing though.. re-reading your post.. Nobody I know is a millionaire and we've all sent money to Hillary.. in fact some on fixed incomes.

Me for one.. but, it's that important to us

[George II]

19. The Sanders campaign has received several letters from the FEC, with more than 700 pages...

....of questionable campaign contributions.

His campaign can't even tell us how many people have contributed to his campaign because they're in such disarray.

And if you knew anything about campaign finance laws you would know that Clinton has not received "millions from a few millionaires."

Maybe if Sanders, Weaver, Devine (at $800K + a month) AND Sanders' supporters would take a few minutes to bone up on campaign finance laws, these silly attacks from them might stop.

Now, as you have been advised, this is the Hillary Clinton Group. As my mother taught me as a child, with respect to Hillary Clinton ant this Group - "if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all".

Thank you.

[Iamaartist]

3. Primary cost......

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Everybody knows how much a candidate spends on a primary its in all articles,
a good cause would be putting money towards the Dem Party......I don't understand why his not putting some of that money towards our Dem party....if he is running on a Dem party.....??

[George II]

20. If you look at his itemized expenses, in the first quarter of 2016 he's given money to...

Working Families Party 163,286.53
Vermont Democratic Party 25,000.00
Ohio Democratic Party 17,500.00
CT Working Families Party Federal PAC 7,030.84
Clark County Democratic Party 5,250.00
NC Democratic Party 5,000.00
District of Columbia Democratic State Party 2,500.00
Democratic Party of the Northern Marianas, Inc 500.00

So, he has given some money to Democratic parties, but paltry amounts compared to a party that is running candidates AGAINST Democrats!

Working Families Parties - more than $170,000
Democratic Parties - $50,000

[Thinkingabout]

13. When Hillary raises money he claims it is from big money, when Sanders

Raises bigger amounts it must be from big money and judging from the FEC notices of those giving more the allowed $2700 apiece and having to return says Sanders is taking big money. We also know Sanders is influenced by NRA.