The Clinton campaign has raised an estimated $11 million in online contributions in the last 72 hours, and has committed to six-figure ad buys in crucial swing states, according to campaign sources.
“The Trump campaign claims their path to the White House is through states like these, but we’re going to make sure those doors remain shut. Fueled by record-breaking fundraising in the last 72 two hours, we are supercharging our GOTV program with these ads to make sure voters know the urgency and the stakes of voting on Nov. 8,” Clinton’s Deputy National Press Secretary Jesse Ferguson said in a statement made available to the Washington Examiner.
A senior campaign aide claimed elsewhere that the amount raised online in the past three days is the most they’ve seen “at any point since Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee in Philadelphia.”
The online donations blitz comes amid renewed interest in the private and unauthorized server Clinton maintained when she worked at the State Department.
FBI Director James B. Comey, who recommended in July that no charges be brought against Clinton for her private emails, informed Democratic and Republican lawmakers last week that an investigation of disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner turned up additional emails possibly related to the Democratic nominee’s server.
The additional emails were found on a laptop shared by Weiner and his estranged wife and longtime Clinton aide, Huma Abedin.
In response to the latest development with the FBI, which reportedly caught Clinton’s team completely off guard, campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters this weekend that the situation has only emboldened volunteers and supporters.
“[B]ased on the anecdotes I’m hearing from our team on the ground, this situation has created an urgency, an intensity among our volunteers and activists that was already high because we are so close to the election but that our volunteers are rallying behind Hillary,” Mook said.
“[T]hey’re as upset and concerned as we are here, and they are turning out, not only to have her back but to rally our supporters to turn out and vote as early voting goes into full swing. And we’re not just seeing this in our offices on the ground, but also in our, in our online, in the online space as well. And the, I think this is, we already had momentum and wind behind our back going into yesterday. I think this has only increased the momentum that we’re feeling among our activists on the ground,” he added.
The campaign has also made the decision to commit an enormous amount of money to last-minute ad buys in several states, including six-figure buys in Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and New Mexico.
“[O]ur investments aren’t designed to just help Hillary Clinton but also boosts Senate, House and state legislative races in Colorado, Michigan and Virginia,” a campaign source said. “The campaign has had steady cable advertising in all these states throughout and was on broadcast in Virginia and Colorado earlier in the cycle.”
Clinton currently leads Trump in Virginia by 5.3 points according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.
She is ahead by 4 points in Colorado, 7 points in Michigan and 8.5 points in New Mexico, according to the same polling averages.
Reports of Clinton’s big online haul and the new ad buys also come after her team announced last week that she and her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., raised a combined $101 million between Oct. 1-19.
Hillary For America reported taking in more than 1.1 million donations from 774,000-plus people. The average donation from these contributors was approximately $50. During this period, the Democratic nominee’s team also raised an estimated $18 million in contributions of $200 or less.
The Clinton campaign is heading into the final days of the campaign with $62 million on hand.
