In terms of campaign funding, President Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump, and he will need it

Huge sums of money are being raised for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Additionally, it has an election-year strategy that basically tries to spend quicker and more money.

In addition to trying to establish himself as a fundraising titan this month, Biden’s team is also making large upfront expenditures in the field and on the media in an effort to gain a substantial organizational edge that will force Republican Donald Trump to catch up.

Though Biden and the Democrats already have a significant financial edge thanks to the inflow of cash, it’s also becoming obvious that Biden will need it. Trump has received almost endless free media attention as a result of his provocations throughout his career in business and politics. While in office, Biden has often found it difficult to get his message heard over the din.

This implies that Biden will need a large amount of funding to cover battleground states where a few thousand votes might make the difference between winning and losing. Additionally, he has the difficulty of engaging younger voters, who made up a sizable portion of his 2020 coalition, and millennials in a media landscape that is significantly more fragmented and leans more toward streaming services than traditional broadcast and cable.

This month marked the start of Biden’s organized and outreach endeavors. The campaign used his State of the Union speech as a springboard to establish 100 new field offices throughout the country and increase the number of paid employees in battleground states to 350. Additionally, a $30 million broadcast and internet advertising campaign aimed at certain demographics including Asian, Black, and Hispanic voters is now underway.

According to Biden campaign insiders, one illustration of the incumbent president’s organizational edge occurred in February when his reelection campaign had 480 staff members on the ground, as opposed to 311 for Trump and the Republican National Committee.

In front of 200 of his biggest backers and fundraisers from within and around the city on Friday in New York, Biden boasted, “We’re ramping up campaign headquarters and field offices, hiring staff all across the country before Trump and his MAGA Republicans have even opened one single office.”

Democrats are acutely aware that Trump overcame a significant ground game deficit to win the president in 2016.

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According to Robby Mook, the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run for president, “it’s one of Trump’s stubborn challenges.” “Trump is Trump’s best organizer, and Trump can motivate people from the podium.”

However, Mook noted that the Biden campaign is making the necessary progress, citing the State of the Union as a potent illustration of how to successfully galvanize the base and channel the anti-Trump fervor that will undoubtedly inspire many Democrats this year.

“The most magical and the scariest part of politics is, you never know until Election Day,” Mook said. “And so I wouldn’t want to leave anything on the table if I were them, and the great part about having a resource advantage is, you get to have all these different things.”

This year, even Biden’s physical campaign is probably going to be significantly more expensive.

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York, President Joe Biden, center, and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton take part in a fundraising event hosted by Stephen Colbert at Radio City Music Hall.
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In contrast to 2020, when the epidemic forced many Americans to stay inside, Biden will have to travel more and spend a lot more money developing a political infrastructure than he did during his last campaign, which he ran virtually and in social isolation from his basement.

There will be costs associated with his reelection campaign that Trump will not have to bear, such paying back the federal government for using Air Force One. According to the campaign, it has paid back $4.5 million for the use of the official presidential plane for political purposes so far.

According to Mook, choices about the tactical allocation of the campaign’s funds are never made with the agility that the staff would want, and there’s a chance of spending too much, too soon, or too late during an election year.

Democrats were concerned about Biden’s early lack of campaign effort and funding last autumn and summer. The Hollywood writer’s and actor’s guild strikes also did not help, essentially preventing the president who supports labor unions from collecting funds in an area that has historically supported the party’s electoral aspirations.

As we go ahead in time, the doubts over his fundraising campaign have subsided. In addition to earning millions at lavish events across the nation — including $26 million at an event with Biden, Obama, and Clinton on Thursday night — the president has repeatedly mentioned the 500,000 new contributors who have made contributions in the last few weeks, claiming that this indicates that he is broadening his base of support.

Donors who were previously neutral toward the president are now donating, according to Democratic Party fundraisers and donors.

Major Hollywood contributor and fundraiser Michael Smith, who last week hosted an event in Palm Springs with President Jill Biden’s wife and earlier this year threw a party in Los Angeles with artist Lenny Kravitz, said, “I think people really want to hear what they have to say.” “They realize this is an investment.”

Campaign officials for Trump acknowledge that Biden and the Democrats would probably have more money to spend, but they maintain that given his ability to get media attention, Trump will still be able to conduct a successful campaign.

The Trump campaign’s communications director, Steven Cheung, said, “Democrats are running scared of the fundraising prowess of President Trump as our digital online fundraising continues to skyrocket and our major donor investments are climbing.” “We are not only raising the necessary funds but we are deploying strategic assets that will help send President Trump back to the White House and carry Republicans over the finish line.”

However, given Trump’s penchant for making controversial statements, it may also go both ways, which Democrats will undoubtedly take advantage of by leveraging their financial advantage to fund advertisements. Trump’s financial status will undoubtedly be hampered by the legal bills associated with the several court disputes he is involved in. According to records, throughout the previous two years, his political organization has paid at least $80 million in legal expenses.

“Trump vows to overthrow our Constitution, establish a dictatorship on Day 1, and unleash political bloodshed on par with that of January 6. Hundreds of thousands of Republicans in swing states chose Nikki Haley over him even after she withdrew—how unusual! His MAGA agenda is so harsh and poisonous.” said Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for the Biden campaign. “Donald Trump has no resources or even the will to bring those critical voters back.”

The issue of whether Trump will be able to make an impact in the same manner as when he was a political novelty in 2016 remains unanswered. Alternatively, as he did when he was president in 2020 and was everywhere while Americans were holed up in front of their TVs.

“Assumptions based on Trump’s ability to dominate mainstream media conversations should be questioned,” stated Josh Schwerin, a Democratic strategist who previously worked at Priorities USA, the Democrats’ primary super PAC during the 2020 presidential campaign. “The media landscape and where voters get their news has changed.”

“Fewer voters are getting their news from traditional outlets and finding ways to get information in front of them is getting harder and harder — and that takes money,” he said. “This will be a must for both applicants. And here’s one area where the Biden campaign can really benefit from having financial advantages.”