An event that can go down in the history of the United States presidential election, on October 19, Musk announced at an event in Pennsylvania that from that day until November 5, United States presidential election day, $1 million will be distributed every day to a registered voter in Pennsylvania who signed the petition, and the first winner has been born on that day.
From the 19th to the end of November 5th, it means that there are 18 full days, $1 million a day, and Musk has invested a total of $18 million for this investment.
Two questions are then to be addressed: First, why Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania has been hailed as a key "swing state" in the United States election, and more importantly, on July 13 of this year, Trump was assassinated while speaking in the state. It is not difficult to understand that Trump is likely to remain obsessed with the state to this day.
Second, some people have questioned whether Musk's operation violates the fairness of the United States election.
One issue that needs to be emphasized is that Musk's reward is not for voters to vote for Trump, but for signing the "petition", which is very clever to avoid some unnecessary trouble. What kind of petition?
"Free Speech and the Right to Bear Arms" Petition!
You know, these two points are precisely Trump's campaign ideas.
As early as May this year, Trump once shouted to voters: "Biden wants to deprive you of the right to carry guns, come out and vote for me!" ”
United States On June 25, 2022, Biden signed the most important gun control bill in United States 30 years, and Biden once called "this is a day that will go down in history."
United States the National Rifle Association is a staunch supporter of Trump, so it is certainly in their best interest to deregulate guns, and United States presidential election is clearly a contest between interests and values among voters.
"Freedom of speech" itself is actually the most in the self-interest of Trump and Musk. Behind this, it also involves Trump's years of grudges with major social media.
As a direct consequence, Trump eventually set up his own social platform; Musk, on the other hand, bought Twitter. After the United States presidential election entered a critical period, the stock price of Trump's social platform rose in a wave.
Behind the chanting of "free speech", it is conducive to the rise in the stock price of Trump's companies, and it is also conducive to Musk's expanded propaganda of X.
It is not difficult to deduce that if Trump can win, the valuations of the two social platforms may have to be reassessed.
There is no doubt that Musk's "raffle" to voters who signed the "free speech and gun rights" petition is essentially canvassing for Trump in disguise, but it can bypass some laws and regulations, and I have to admit that the relevant strategy is perfect.
At a cost of $18 million to take over key swing states, the deal was actually a pretty good deal.
According to previous reports, Musk has donated at least $75 million to the Trump team, and in reality, it doesn't seem like enough for the Trump campaign to solve the problem.
United Kingdom Financial Times reported on October 16 that the team and related organizations raised $870 million in the third quarter, while the Trump team raised only $366 million, United States the latest data released on the Federal Election Commission's website showed that Democrats raised $1,384.2 million and Republicans raised $552.9 million.
It is not difficult to see that in terms of fund-raising, the Democratic Party is far ahead.
Musk's move at a critical moment is obviously to reverse Trump's disadvantage, and now it seems unlikely that he Jinli's team and the Democratic Party will raise funds. Only with the smallest amount of money, the maximum profit can be gained.
The $18 million "raffle" may be able to redeem the financial disadvantage of the Trump team.
Of course, Musk didn't stop throwing at that, the Hill said that voters in swing states outside of Pennsylvania would receive $47 if they signed the petition and another $47 if they recommended someone else to sign it. This is no longer a "raffle", it is a "signing gift"! It is expected that Musk will spend tens of millions of dollars on this alone.
Now that the pressure is on the Democratic Party, how to spend the money to get votes has become the most urgent problem to be solved.