The cuts are part of a larger nationwide cut. Bob Clegg, a political consultant with Midwest Communications, said that he is receiving alerts that Trump’s campaign is also cutting ads in other smaller markets such as Greenville-New Bern, N.C. and Tallahassee, Fla. NBC News reports that Trump is cutting about $1.5 million in advertising nationwide in battleground states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania , Iowa and North Carolina.
Clegg said in Ohio, the Trump campaign has made “complete cancellations in those markets.” He said Trump is still advertising in places like Pittsburgh, Columbus and Orlando.
Democrat Hillary Clinton, he said, does not appear to have made similar cuts.
Trump’s cuts echo those of Democrat Ted Strickland, who cut advertising in all but the three largest Ohio TV markets after being vastly outfunded by Republican Rob Portman. But while Portman was beating Strickland by 17 points in the last Quinnipiac University Poll of Ohio, Trump held a five-point lead over Clinton in that same poll, which was released this week.
The Trump campaign was not immediately available for comment.
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