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[–] Trevelyan-s_corn 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

It helps that the media give him full attention and help him a lot.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-has-gotten-nearly-3-billion-in-free-advertising-2016-05-06

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[–] SrSysEng 0 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago 

While True, if his message was crap then the attention would have hurt him more.

Trump 2016

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[–] 5324178? 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Part of his message was "I want none of that standard politician bullshit, I just want to make America great again", which has meant that he needed to keep his Super PAC donations low and focus his campaign here in America (rather than travel overseas to meet with foreign leaders), so getting the extra word-of-mouth from the mainstream media can almost be viewed as an essential part of his campaign strategy.

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[–] ArchmageMordenkainen 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

That's just another point in his favor--he knows how to get the media to work for him.

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[–] Grunge 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Yup, he isn't stupid and that taco salad thing was just brilliant, getting the entire media trying to figure out how to get offended (but couldn't) by it was hilarious and it was just free advertising for him.

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[–] Trevelyan-s_corn 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Yup, that's his main quality imo. He knows how to play the medias and the medias like him (personally). Heck, they built his persona over decades and now he is using them wonderfully.

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[–] CaliforniaOrange 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Nothing kills a bad product faster than good advertising.

Trumps product is great.

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[–] christy ago 

Cruz in March said the media was “engaged in a love fest” with Trump

They kept trying to take him down. Giving him more airtime to show that he is the boogie man and try to make him a laughing stock. It didn't work.

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[–] Sixtysixpixistix 4 points 4 points (+8|-4) ago  (edited ago)

Person X spent less on his campaign than person Y spent on his campaign.

Therefore X is better a better suited to run an economy

What relationship is there between spending money on a campaign and running an economy?

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[–] AdultRandy 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

I think the idea is that it tries to show the person is frugal/good at managing money. I don't know much about economics, but I imagine that business/personal finance is not the same as understanding the entire economy. Still, people like the idea that the candidate isn't wasteful and hopes this will translate to their administration as well.

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[–] Sixtysixpixistix 4 points 0 points (+4|-4) ago 

If the candidates were spending money on the same campaign that would make sense. Maybe person Y can afford to spend more. Maybe the campaign is more important to him. Maybe he needs to spend more in order to compete with person X. The possibilities are limitless because we're not comparing like with like.

That said, it does seem to be effective propaganda. People take a short-cut in their thinking and assume the disparity in campaign spending means one candidate is more frugal than another.

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[–] Palaver 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

It is becoming increasingly clear the events before an election have no bearing on the events after an election.

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[–] TheCompanionCube 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

What super pac donated to Sanders? I thought he didn't accept pac dollars

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[–] FLIPMODE 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

TRUMP 2016 MAGA

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[–] aileron_ron 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And I still say idiots will vote for Clinton.