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Targeted ads/disinformation campaigns are very effective

They were talking about Congress not the presidency, and the presidency is not popular vote. The electoral college is specifically designed to be different

Well the idea is that having more money means you can get your message out more. The money has to be spent to be useful. It isn't just the person who "has" the most (though you could also use Trump as an example to that).

But Trump's team did a good job at getting in the media. Any news station you turned on there was more talk about Trump than Hillary.