# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1447
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/1447 "2016-06-17T01:06:24Z")
Clinton is rolling out an ad campaign in multiple swing states today. She’s running three different ads in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada. The cost of the campaign is estimated at between 7 and 17 million dollars. Meanwhile, Trump has $2.4 million on hand and can’t spend more till after the convention. So Clinton gets a few weeks to deliver a one-sided beat down, while Trump can apparently no longer rely on an unlimited supply of positive free media coverage. > **[Clinton’s first general-election ad buy targets swing states](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/15/clintons-first-general-election-ad-buy-targets-swing-states/)** > > The ad buy is a signal that Clinton sees an advantage in waging a frontal attack on Trump's qualifications. > **[Clinton to unleash TV hell on Trump](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-to-unleash-tv-hell-on-trump-224399)** > > Her campaign ads will begin running Thursday in battleground states. > **[Hillary Clinton Is Outspending Trump's Broke Ass Campaign $17 Million To $0...](https://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/16/hillary-clinton-outspending-trumps-broke-ass-campaign-17-million-0-tv-ads.html)** > > While Donald Trump is begging Republican donors for cash because his campaign is broke, Hillary Clinton will be spending $17 million on television campaign ads in swing states. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901)._