Analysis: Did the Bloomberg campaign stack the debate audience with supporters?
There’s not much doubt that the campaign team powering former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Democratic presidential bid is aware that last week’s debate in Nevada didn’t go well for their candidate. During, Bloomberg seemed a bit better prepared than he had been then, a sign that his team had perhaps impressed upon him the need to do better.
But, just to hedge their bets, they had an obvious backstop. During the first commercial break of the debate, some markets, including New York City, showed an ad for Bloomberg’s campaign. Sure, the candidate himself was still fumbling a bit in offering even his go-to lines. But voters could still hear Bloomberg’s polished, edited pitch for the relatively low price of a network TV spot. For a campaign that already has spent half a billion dollars, that’s hardly an expense at all.
Those watching the debate, though, suddenly noticed another way in which Bloomberg was unexpectedly being bolstered. At times, the debate audience interjected with boisterous applause when Bloomberg spoke, including when he mentioned a gun-control group he had founded. At other times, the audience booed Sen. Bernie Sanders , the candidate Bloomberg clearly sees as a primary opponent .It was a level of energy on Bloomberg’s behalf that’s somewhat at odds with his political personality.
One might be forgiven for being somewhat skeptical that those attendees hadn’t been paid by the Bloomberg campaign for their presence and energy. This is a campaign, after all, that
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