Donald Trump is the least popular presumptive presidential nominee in recent American history—and so of course Democrats are eying opportunities to expand their electoral map.
One of the places where Trump appears to be having problems is in Tennessee, where’s he’s being outmatched in fundraising by Hillary Clinton by a large margin.
From The Tennessean:
Through the end of May, Hillary Clinton has raised $1.6 million from Tennesseans — nearly 15 times the amount her Republican counterpart has received from those who call the state home, according to the latest campaign contribution records maintained by the Federal Election Commission.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who had a two-month fundraising advantage on Trump, first reported donations from Tennesseans in April 2015 while Trump didn’t receive money until June 2015.
In every month since, Trump has not come close to Clinton’s Tennessee fundraising prowess.
In the month of May, Trump was outraised by Ted Cruz, who would drop out of the race for president. In addition to Cruz, Trump has been outraised in Tennessee by Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Rand Paul, and Mike Huckabee. Most of those guys have been out of the presidential race since March.
Trump largely self-financed his primary bid, but he did accept small contributions. Most of those contributions came through purchases of his campaign merchandise.
So far, Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Haslam has refused to endorse Trump. Haslam, who endorsed Rubio in the primary, met with Trump last month. Although Trump did not ask for Haslam’s endorsement, he predicted that Trump would win Tennessee in the end.
Trump won the Tennessee Republican presidential primary on March 1st with 38.9 percent of the vote.
The last time a Democratic presidential candidate won Tennessee in a general election was in 1996. That’s also the last time a Clinton was on the presidential ballot.
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