Also, Trump is hardly conservative in a number of ways. Certainly if your brand of conservatism is pro-business, anti-regulation, small-government, and low-taxes, Trump shares almost few of your values. Where Trump is definitely conservative is the sense of ethnic community, but "rural and exurban whites who aren't doing all that well economically" is not huge fund-raising territory.
It's going to be an interesting question whether Trump gets enough money to mount a full campaign. It's widely considered that $1 billion is needed today (compared to $400M for Romney and $700M for Obama in 2012). Trump is said to have only $300M of liquid assets, and he's probably smart enough to not put all his chips on one hand. I don't think Trump is going to be able to draw the traditional business money. One question is whether he can turn his mass appeal into contributions. That can be done (witness Obama), but it requires a good organization.
It's conceivable that Clinton will outspend Trump by a factor of 2 or so. According to Freakonomics, that's enough to move the vote by 1% -- which might matter in this election.
Maybe he can tap Putin for $2 billion or so... though I'd like to know how the money could be smuggled into the race without being found out.
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Date: 2016-05-28 09:54 pm (UTC)It's going to be an interesting question whether Trump gets enough money to mount a full campaign. It's widely considered that $1 billion is needed today (compared to $400M for Romney and $700M for Obama in 2012). Trump is said to have only $300M of liquid assets, and he's probably smart enough to not put all his chips on one hand. I don't think Trump is going to be able to draw the traditional business money. One question is whether he can turn his mass appeal into contributions. That can be done (witness Obama), but it requires a good organization.
It's conceivable that Clinton will outspend Trump by a factor of 2 or so. According to Freakonomics, that's enough to move the vote by 1% -- which might matter in this election.
Maybe he can tap Putin for $2 billion or so... though I'd like to know how the money could be smuggled into the race without being found out.