Bloomberg's campaign snowballs to 1,000 staffers and counting

[brooklynite]

Politico

Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has brought on more than 700 staffers spread out across 33 states, with a growing number of organizers joining his ranks in states that vote on Super Tuesday, aides told POLITICO.

All told, the former New York mayor's operation totals more than 1,000 people, a figure that includes hundreds of staffers who work out of his Manhattan headquarters.

The unprecedented scale and scope of the campaign — he has also spent more than $200 million on TV ads — gives Bloomberg a massive footprint in states that hold their primaries on March 3 or later. Bloomberg is also working to provide a Democratic counterbalance to President Donald Trump in parts of the country vital to his party in November.

Bloomberg advisers said they are especially focused on Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which are further out on the primary calendar and where Trump has been able to roam mostly on his own given the Democratic field’s focus on early primary states. In all, Bloomberg’s early ground operations now includes eight states with 40 or more aides and 18 states with at least 20 staffers.

[Mike 03]

1. Bring it on.

His staffers will turn into all our staffers, as we sink Trump.

[left-of-center2012]

2. I spoke with some friends in San Diego

They see a lot of his ads and are impressed,
probably voting for Bloomberg.

Watch for his polls numbers to go up.

[mucifer]

3. Weird seeing his ads in Chicago as we don't have much say in the primaries

I hate that we don't have a democracy.

[brooklynite]

4. How do you not have a democracy?

You get to vote for a proportional share of delegates to the convention. How would you like democracy to work?

[mucifer]

5. some states votes count way more than others

dark money etc

[brooklynite]

6. What dark money is influencing the Democratic Primary?

[tritsofme]

9. Illinois votes relatively early now, March 17, could be a meaningful primary.

[mucifer]

17. But tell me why one person should have more choices than someone

living in another state? It's just not democratic. Everyone should be able to choose from the same amount of candidates.

[bottomofthehill]

7. Cash is King

It’s not too hard to get people to work on your campaign when you are paying them for the work.

[brooklynite]

8. How many Biden staffers are working for free?

[bottomofthehill]

14. My bad for in-artfully stating my point

I am willing to bet a lot of money that the Biden, Warren, Sanders....... Campaigns all have many more volunteers (staff) than the Bloomberg team. Candidates mostly raise money for exposure ( media) not for staff. Most campaigns rely on an army of volunteers and paid staff to lead them. The Bloomberg campaign, flush with his unlimited (at least it seems unlimited) cash is changing that dynamic. It is Mayor Bloomberg’s money and he should, can and will spend it how he wants. Most campaigns don’t have the luxury that he does.

[brooklynite]

15. Do you have any support for the assertion that Bloomberg doesn't have volunteers?

He's run campaigns (successfully) before.

[tritsofme]

10. While his candidacy is certainly a boon for consultants and ad houses

That might be the extent of it...

[brooklynite]

11. He's doing better than Klobuchar...

...and his trajectory has been up since he announced.

https://projects.economist.com/democratic-primaries-2020/

[tritsofme]

13. He's not going to win any delegates.

[brooklynite]

16. "Most", probably not. "Any" I'd question...

He's not at the 15% threshold yet, but he has another six weeks until Super Tuesday.

[aikoaiko]

12. That sounds like a lot, but how does that compare to other top tier candidates?

I wouldn't even know where to look for that data.