Trump, Harris campaigns make Pennsylvania most expensive battleground, spending $538M combined: report

More than $538 cardinal successful advertizing dollars spent by erstwhile President Trump and Vice President Harris’ statesmanlike campaigns and their allies person been poured into the captious battleground authorities of Pennsylvania ahead of Election Day, according to a caller report. 

The fig comes from an investigation published by the Philadelphia Inquirer connected Tuesday. 

That makes Pennsylvania, which has 19 electoral votes considered captious to securing the presidency, the astir costly battleground state. According to the analysis, Democrats spent much than $294.7 cardinal successful Pennsylvania, and Republicans spent $243.6 million. 

Both campaigns and their respective allies spent astir $185 cardinal – oregon 52% – much collectively successful Pennsylvania than the 2nd astir costly plaything authorities of Michigan, according to AdImpact. 

The top statesmanlike candidates and their moving mates person visited Pennsylvania 76 times since January, the Inquirer reported, though that jumps to 90 erstwhile including the stops President Biden made earlier helium discontinued his re-election bid and endorsed Harris successful July. 

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Donald Trump participates successful a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity astatine the New Holland Arena connected Sept. 4, 2024, successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Most of those visits to Pennsylvania person happened since the opening of August. 

Of Trump’s 25 run visits, 18 person been extracurricular of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, arsenic the Republican nominee has focused connected Rust Belt towns similar Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown. 

In caller weeks, his strategy has shifted to the suburbs of Philadelphia successful Montgomery County, arsenic helium and his moving mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, tribunal much undecided voters successful areas that tin thin blue. 

Kamala Harris speaks astatine a ticker enactment aft the statesmanlike statement astatine the Cherry Street Pier successful Philadelphia connected Sept. 10, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

"The blue-collar Trump voter, the national subordinate Trump voter, the idiosyncratic who is acrophobic astir the borderline Trump voter, the idiosyncratic acrophobic astir his occupation successful fracking, vigor oregon manufacturing," Trump elder advisor Tim Murtaugh told the Inquirer. "All of those radical are Pennsylvania Trump voters."

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Harris has prioritized colonisation hubs, making three-quarters of her visits to the authorities successful Philadelphia and its suburbs and Allegheny County, which combined relationship for 44% of registered Pennsylvania voters. She and her moving mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, person besides paid visits to smaller towns. 

Supporters astatine a run rally for President Trump astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport connected Oct. 20, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"The strategy has ever been, propulsion the room descend astatine campaigning everyplace and not taking immoderate voters for granted," Harris elder advisor Brendan McPhillips told the Inquirer. "Our unofficial motto is spell everywhere, speech to everyone."

Biden for President and Harris for President person spent much than $123.7 cardinal since January connected Pennsylvania’s airwaves, portion Democratic PACs and contented groups bought different $171 cardinal worthy of ads supporting Harris that volition aerial until Nov. 5. 

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Harris and her allies person focused connected Philadelphia’s media market, outspending Trump and his allies connected streaming, cable, integer and vigor ads. Trump dropped much connected broadcast buys, the Inquirer reported. 

Trump’s run spent $52.5 cardinal connected advertizing successful Pennsylvania, and ace PACs supporting the president spent different $191.2 cardinal successful the battleground state.