{"id":12142,"date":"2015-12-02T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12142"},"modified":"2015-12-02T12:12:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:12:57","slug":"overstating-bloomberg-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12142","title":{"rendered":"Overstating Bloomberg wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Headline at the Post, “Mike Bloomberg has spent $72M on campaigns, won 67% of races<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… Ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg<\/a> has spent $72\u2009million in the past four years to boost his chosen candidates and pet causes across the country, records reviewed by The Post show … He has spent $34.6 million on winning candidates and causes \u2014 and $21.4 million on losers. And he spent another $16 million on pet issues that were not linked to particular candidates, such as gun control<\/a> and climate change. The Post tallied up Bloomberg\u2019s individual contributions, his groups\u2019 spending on candidates and his PAC\u2019s television contracts since 2012. Bloomberg has won more battles than he\u2019s lost \u2014 going 31 to 15 on races and ballot initiatives in which he spent more than $10,000 in PAC money, for an impressive .674 winning percentage …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That does not tell the whole story.\u00a0 A lot of the races Bloomberg put money into were not competitive.\u00a0 Same with the NRA<\/a>.\u00a0 It is better to put $1 into a highly competitive race where the\u00a0recipient will appreciate it than throw $1000 at an incumbent with cannon-fodder opposition.\u00a0 Doing this requires more work to identify the best races and I have not seen anything to indicate Bloomberg’s people are putting in the extra effort.<\/p>\n