The amount of money Michael Bloomberg has already spent on TV ads is absolutely insane:
Michael Bloomberg has crossed the $100 million mark on TV advertising, according to data from @Kantar_Media. Bloomberg is spending $20.4 million on TV ads this week, w/ $17.4 million booked for next week. His total spend now at $100.6 million, across just 5 weeks of advertising.
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) December 11, 2019
Now add that $100 million to Tom Steyer’s $80 million:
TV ad spend by 2020 Dems, thru week of 12/17:
Bloomberg – $100.6 million
Steyer – $81.2 million
Sanders – $8.6 million
Buttigieg – $7.2 million
Yang – $4.7 million
Biden – $2.2 million
Warren – $1.9 million
Klobuchar – $1.8 million
Bennet – $1.1 million
Gabbard – $1 million— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) December 11, 2019
And everyone else:
TV ad spend by 2020 Dems, thru week of 12/17:
Delaney – $662k
Castro – $49k
Williamson – $972
Booker – $0
Patrick – $0Super PACs:
Unite The Country (Biden) – $624k
United We Win (Booker) – $200kSource: @Kantar_Media
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) December 11, 2019
A week ago, people were already criticizing this spending on TV ads:
imagine if this kind of money was spent on literally anything else https://t.co/ADGles7Vg8
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) December 3, 2019
but dont propose a wealth tax, billionaires spend their money wisely https://t.co/O8fcohNl9q
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 25, 2019
intraparty democracy yay https://t.co/LVaFyd5w0C
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 3, 2019
And libs were wondering what it actually got Bloomberg and Steyer:
The egomaniac billionaires have already pissed away $100 million, on what? https://t.co/AoksXMwXkl
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) December 3, 2019
Well, in Steyer’s case, it got him a slot in the debate:
NEW: @TomSteyer has QUALIFIED for the December debate, the seventh candidate to do so. His campaign said this morning that he has hit 200,000 donors, and he's already hit the polling threshold. Qualification closes on Dec. 12 https://t.co/U8HqtgVgd3
— Zach Montellaro (@ZachMontellaro) December 3, 2019
And Bloomberg is signaling that he’ll be around for quite awhile.
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