Former Vice President Joe Biden is spending more than Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Facebook ads for the first time this primary season.<\/p>\n
Biden has spent $247,194 on Facebook ads for the March 17 voting states compared to Sanders’s $134,559, according to data from the crowdfunding technology platform Booster that was first shared with The Hill. The March 17 states include Florida, Arizona, Ohio and Illinois.<\/p>\n
In Florida particularly, the former vice president is spending almost three times more than Sanders on Facebook ads, with $110,929 compared to Sanders’s $38,823.<\/p>\n
Biden had previously only invested “heavily” in the next upcoming primary races, but his March 17 numbers show his campaign is moving to fund ads for future races.<\/p>\n
Biden is also leading the polls in all of these states except Illinois.<\/p>\n
But the Vermont progressive is outspending Biden in the states voting Tuesday, which include Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Washington. Sanders has spent $106,012 on Facebook ads in these states while Biden has spent $76,711, according to the data.<\/p>\n
Biden has previously lagged behind Sanders in fundraising, with Sanders hauling in $134,108,281 in 2019’s fourth quarter and Biden\u00a0taking $69,947,256.<\/p>\n
Sanders also touted a\u00a0successful fundraising month<\/a>\u00a0in February, raking in more than $46 million from about 2.2 million donations.<\/p>\n