Democrats Lead In Fundraising, But Will It Be Enough To Topple Republicans?
Democrats Lead in Fundraising, But Will It Be Enough to Topple Republicans?
In the battle for
In what is shaping up to be the most expensive
While
On the ballot
All 435 House seats as well as 35 of 100
Overall,
The average House campaign spends a little more than
In the most expensive non-special House race this cycle, a closely fought contest in
Federal campaign finance law prevents individuals from contributing more than
"There is a tremendous amount of small-dollar energy going on the Democratic side," said
"Democratic House candidates are raising small-dollar donations from donors across the country, who are doing what they can trying to win the House back for
?Fundraising edge, cash on hand
Moreover, Democratic challengers have outraised Republican opponents in a majority of several dozen House races seen as highly competitive. And as the campaign enters its final two weeks, data show
"The trend with election spending is just almost always up due to a variety of factors," Bryner said. "But this election cycle we have a huge crop of well-funded Democratic challengers and that's going to increase spending across the board as the incumbents they're facing try to counteract that spending."
Money is the lifeblood of American campaigning. Candidates and their consultants use funds to buy expensive TV airtime, pay for personnel and other campaign expenses, and hold events to raise more funds. Advertising represents the single largest expense of a congressional campaign.
Money will continue to pour in throughout the last two weeks of the campaign, helped by some deep-pocketed benefactors seeking to tip the balance in key races.
Last week, former
"Given the rise of super PACs in the post-
"Right now, this is the Wild West in
With Republican incumbents struggling in several dozen key races, party leaders and groups have begun to cut their losses, pulling funding from races they think the
In its first act of triage in late September, the
?Infusions of cash or pulling the plug
Parties perform spending triage all the time. But the infusion of cash, such as Bloomberg's
"What happens is races that are at the margins, where it's just going to be a tough slog regardless, they'll pull out of those races and they'll reallocate those resources into races where that
Just how much of a difference the
In the 2016 presidential election, former Secretary of State
And O'Rourke's massive fundraising advantage has failed to cut into Cruz's substantial seven-point lead in the
"A lot of people make a big deal about money and sort of think that's the dark angel of American politics, but I can tell you there are as many races there where the person with the most money loses as there are where that individual wins," Steele said. "So at the end of the day, candidates still have to make a credible message, they still have to be credible themselves for the voters to actually utilize the benefit of those dollars that are getting poured into that campaign."
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