Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leveraging a massive cash advantage to overwhelm President Trump and his Republican allies in states across the country in the final week before Election Day, even as the battlefield of competitive states expands d…

Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenGiuliani goes off on Fox Business host after she compares him to Christopher SteeleTrump looks to shore up support in NebraskaJeff Daniels narrates new Biden campaign ad for MichiganMORE is leveraging a massive cash advantage to overwhelm President TrumpDonald John TrumpGiuliani goes off on Fox Business host after she compares him to Christopher SteeleTrump looks to shore up support in NebraskaNYT: Trump had 7 million in debt mostly tied to Chicago project forgivenMORE and his Republican allies in states across the country in the final week before Election Day, even as the battlefield of competitive states expands deep into traditionally Republican terrain.
Bidens campaign will spend $51 million on television and digital advertising over the final week of the preelection sprint, according to data maintained by the nonpartisan firm Advertising Analytics. Outside groups are set to spend another $36 million on his behalf.
Trumps campaign has blocked off about half that amount. The campaign itself will spend just $11 million over the final week, and it will spend an additional $15 million in coordination with the Republican National Committee.
America First Action, the largest outside group spending on Trumps behalf, has nearly $20 million in reserved airtime.
The Democratic nominees edge comes not just in the depth of his spending advantage, but in its breadth. The Biden campaign will spend at least $1 million in television and digital advertising in a dozen states over the final week, from perennial bellwethers like Florida and Pennsylvania to more reliably red states like Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.
The Biden campaign is even planning a late $1 million blitz in Texas, a state at the heart of any Republicans path to the White House.
Hes able to leverage his massive fundraising to expand the map while not neglecting the places he needs to win, said Ian Russell, a Democratic strategist watching polls in swing states. For Biden its not an either-or, its a both-and.
Bidens campaign and allied groups will outspend Trumps team by at least a 2-to-1 margin in Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and Iowa over the final stretch. Bidens spending advantage is almost 2-1 $11 million total spent by Democratic groups versus $5.56 million by Republican groups in Michigan, a state Trump narrowly won in 2016.
Trump and his outside allies are outspending Bidens team in only two states, Ohio and North Carolina, in the final week. In both of those states, the Republican spending advantage is less than $1 million.
All told, Bidens team is spending about 90 percent of their money on advertising in states Trump won in 2016 and about 10 percent defending five states: Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia and Colorado.
Republicans privately express frustration at Trumps inability to keep pace with Biden, who became an improbable fundraising powerhouse fueled by small-dollar contributors and mega-donors alike. They said Trumps disadvantage has made it impossible for him to frame the race as a choice, rather than as a referendum on his own tenure in office.
Vice President Biden raised a record amount after the first debate, giving his campaign every opportunity to play in battleground states that otherwise would not be in play. His resources are plentiful, and the electorate is hungry for stability, said Lisa Miller, a former communications director at the Republican National Committee.
But the Trump campaign professed confidence in the investments they had made. Tim Murtaugh, the campaigns chief spokesman, pointed to an additional $6 million they had purchased in new advertising.
We have all the resources we need to spread the presidents message to voters in all of the states which will decide the election, Murtaugh said in an email. We have a better message, a better campaign, and a better candidate.  Biden is running a campaign that is essentially only television ads. We like our strategy better actually running a campaign.
The spending edge for Biden is no guarantee of success in November. Other Republicans pointed to 2016, when Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonGorsuch rejects Minnesota Republican’s request to delay House raceBiden leads Trump by 6 points in Nevada: pollThe Memo: Women could cost Trump reelectionMORE outspent Trump on television though not to such a substantial degree.
Trump was outspent in 2016 by Hillary and still won, but this is not 2016, said Jai Chabria, a Republican strategist in Ohio. Its a different candidate, and the concern for Republicans, including those down ballot, is that the Biden campaign expands the map by outspending Trump in these states. Trumps path to victory is still there, but it narrows by the day.
The two campaigns and their primary outside allies have spent an incredible $814 million on television and digital advertising since Sept. 1, the Advertising Analytics analysis found. 
Bidens campaign has spent most heavily in Florida, where they have dropped $67 million, and in Pennsylvania, where they purchased $54 million in airtime. The campaign has also spent more than $51 million on national advertising, airing high-profile spots during the World Series and during NFL games every weekend. 
The Biden campaign has spent more than $20 million in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Arizona.
Trumps campaign has spent about $34 million in Florida, their candidates adopted home state where polls show a narrowly fought contest. Trump has spent between $12 million and $17 million each in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan. 
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Texas Democrats, including former Rep. Beto ORourke and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, have been urging Bidens team to invest more in their state in the closing days. Bloombergs investment means Biden will feel less pressure to try for a late cash infusion.
A media campaign in Texas is the political equivalent of a land war in Asia, Russell said. Its a very risky proposition.