The main super PAC behind former President Donald Trump’s re-election effort has outspent every other campaign organization on negative ads so far this cycle, with primary rival Ron DeSantis taking the brunt of the onslaught.
The widening gap between Trump and the rest of the GOP field shows the strategy is paying off, Make America Great Again Inc. said. to The Post.
Maga Inc. launched an onslaught of negative ads targeting the Florida governor in March. In total, Trump supporters have dropped more than $23 million in negative ad spending on DeSantis and another $6 million on President Biden, according to data from Rob Pyers, director of research for California Target Books.
The ads against DeSantis, ranging from the governor’s record on Social Security and Medicare to allegations of his “pudding fingers,” have been linked to a serious drop in polling support for a candidate who many thought was destined to overtake Trump as the GOP standard-bearer.
Trump has risen nearly 15% in the polls while DeSantis has slipped more than 15% since March, according to polling averages tracked by RealClearPolitics.
Average polling data shows Trump is up nearly 15% since March, while DeSantis has dropped by about the same amount. Obviously Politics
Trump’s poll surge also coincided with the first of four indictments against the 77-year-old, secured on March 30 by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
In that case, Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Trump also faces charges related to withholding national security documents, trying to overturn the 2020 election and trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign in May and is now focusing his efforts on Iowa in hopes of winning the first state in the nation. REUTERS The widening gap between Trump and the rest of the GOP field shows the strategy is paying off. Getty Images
Other super PAC candidates have also spent their own share of funds on negative ads, but have failed to move the needle enough to get even close to the former president — choosing instead to target each other.
Never Back Down, the main PAC backing DeSantis, has spent more than $350,000 against Trump — and $4.5 million on ads targeting 2024 rival Nikki Haley, according to Pyers data. Another pro-DeSantis super PAC, Fight Right Inc., has specifically targeted Haley with more than $1.7 million in negative ads.
Haley’s super PAC, SFA Fund Inc., has targeted DeSantis with more than $4.9 million in spending as the ad war between the two escalates.
Trump continued to not engage with other members of the GOP in debates and shrugged off his high poll numbers. AP
In total spending, DeSantis’ campaign and supporters have spent $50.8 million, Haley’s campaign and supporters have spent $39.1 million and MAGA Inc. and the Trump campaign has spent $38.3 million, according to data from AdImpact.
“While other groups have been igniting donor money in their futile race for first down, MAGA Inc. has effectively backed the re-election of President Trump, who is leading every poll by a historic margin,” spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told The Post. “We will continue to be wise managers of the investments made into MAGA Inc. and achieve our ultimate goal of winning back the White House next November.”
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