Candidate Spending will continue to rise...
Marco Rubio -- and his super PAC -- have spent more on national TV media than all presidential candidates. Since December 2015, “Marco Rubio for President” has placed $675,825, while his political action committee, “Conservative Solutions PAC,” has spent $966,021, according to iSpot.tv.
Hillary Clinton “Hillary for America” has spent $571,048, while Ted Cruz’s “Cruz for President” has spent $119,811 and Bernie Sanders’ “Bernie 2016” has spent $50,183.
Donald Trump comes next -- “Donald J. Trump for President” -- spending $26,492;
Jeb Bush’s “Jeb 2016” at $21,470.
Since December, $2.44 million has been spent on the presidential election by all candidates. About half has come in the last two week. Recently, Bernie Sanders and Rubio’s Conservative Solutions PAC have been major spenders.
Fox News has pulled in the most dollars at $1.4 million, followed by CNN with $96,099; BET at $93,756; TNT with $88,262; TBS at $67,207; NBC with $66,998; MSNBC at $65,192; Fox Business with $62,397; and CBS at $51,628.
Since that time, the vast majority of national TV media impressions have been on Fox News at 525.9 million. CNN is next at 19.6 million, followed by MSNBC at 9.2 million; TNT with 8.5 million; and TBS at 8.2 million.
Political campaigns typically focus much more on local TV advertising, including presidential campaigns. S
ince December, iSpot.tv says that for all presidential spending, local TV has comprised 41.3% of all impressions; with 42.5% for national TV live impressions.
From January 1 through January 31, according to the Federal Election Commission, net contributions to Clinton were $126.4 million; Sanders, $95.4 million; Cruz’s campaign: $54.1 million; Ben Carson, $57.5 million; Jeb Bush, $33.3 million; Marco Rubio, $32.6 million; and Donald Trump, $25.2 million.