At his Illinois dollar-per-vote pace, it would cost Pritzker $5.6 billion to win the presidency – Wirepoints Quickpoint

Gov. JB Pritzker contributed about 70 bucks per vote to his campaigns to win his two elections for governor. He put in $171 million in 2018 and $152 million this year, for a total of $323 million, winning 4,586,330 total votes in the two elections. (That does not include the $24 million that he contributed to the Democratic Governors Association to help assure that his chosen opponent, Darren Bailey, got the Republican nomination.)

To win the presidency, you need at least 80 million votes, roughly.

Pritzker therefore would have to spend about $5.6 billion to to win the presidency if national votes were to cost him as much as they have in Illinois. For comparison, Pres. Joe Biden’s campaign spent “only” about $13 per vote, which was just over $1 billion, the first time a presidential campaign spent that much.

-Mark Glennon

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The Paraclete
1 year ago

Arbuckle has been silent lately! Waiting for a shoe to drop!

debtsor
1 year ago

“At his Illinois dollar-per-vote BALLOT pace, it would cost Pritzker $5.6 billion to win the presidency”
Reminder: They counted BALLOTS early, and they declared JB the winner 7 minutes after the polls closed.

PlunkYourMagicTwangerFroggy
1 year ago

Lord help us if Pritzger ever gets the title of, GULP, president

nixit
1 year ago

Here’s the problem: Since JB is self-funded, that means the millions that labor and law firms would throw into the gubernatorial race can be spent elsewhere.

ToughLove
1 year ago

He is a fat rich straight white male, lacking any lovable grandfatherly quality like Biden. The Dems will reject him nationwide. I still expect a relatively unknown Dem to be the nominee, probably running against DeSantis.

Voters on both sides are tired of Clintons, Bidens, and Trumps.

FYI: Keep an eye on Nikki Haley if she decides to run (though she probably won’t). Dems would have a problem running against a quality female, especially if she was credited with defeating Trump in the primary.

debtsor
1 year ago
Reply to  ToughLove

Haley can’t win, few in the GOP primaries want her.

Now Noem, she’s got a shot. She resisted COVID lock downs entirely, which is a rarity. She had some courage to do that. I’d give her a second look. Haley, nah.

Chatty Cathy
1 year ago

I guess we see how much those who are quite certain they would lose otherwise must pay to buy the vote. Crazy

Stewie the Roof Baby
1 year ago

That’s pocket change for the fat man

Hale L DeMar
1 year ago

It’s nice when Grandpa leaves you a few billion bucks. Makes you wonder what the ‘end goal’ is.

JackBolly
1 year ago

Pritzker’s political spending for Gov in a state that is Leftist Democrat with a Supermajority is reckless. Contrast the outrageous political spending by Pritzker with his illegal cheating on property tax, which the Fed refuses to prosecute.

debtsor
1 year ago
Reply to  JackBolly

He bought ballots through his ground game. The precinct workers/ballot harvesters submitted ballots on behalf of the residents netting him an extra couple hundred thousand votes in what should have been an otherwise competitive race.

Where's Mine ???
1 year ago

It would be interesting to know what % of pritzker donations are from jb personally and what % of donations are from pritzker family trust (offshore tax $)?

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