Raising money from the wealthy != focusing on the wealthy.
Hillary Clinton fundraising was not what killed her campaign.
In terms of allocation of days and time in a campaign that has limited time, the allocation of days was focused more on fundraising than campaigning in rural blue collar towns.
http://www.p2016.org/clinton/clintoncal0816.html
August 18 - New York, NY
August 19 - Martha's Vineyard, MA
August 20 - Nantucket, MA, Martha's Vineyard, MA -
5 fundraisers
August 21 - Provincetown, MA, Osterville, MA -
2 fundraisers
August 22 - Beverly Hills, CA -
2 fundraisers
August 23 - Los Angeles, CA, Laguna Beach, CA, Piedmont, CA -
4 fundraisers
August 24 - Redwood City, CA, Los Altos, CA, Woodside, CA -
3 fundraisers
August 25 - Reno, NV - urban swing state campaign event
August 26 - None
August 27 - White Plains, NY
August 28 - Sag Harbor, NY, Southampton, NY, Bridgehampton, NY -
3 fundraisers
August 29 - East Hampton, NY, Quogue, NY -
2 fundraisers
August 30 - Sagaponack, NY, North Haven, NY -
2 fundraisers
August 31 - Cincinnati, OH - urban swing state campaign event
22 fundraising events, 2 visits to urban areas of swing states
This was Obama's schedule in the same period in 2008:
https://www2.gwu.edu/~action/2008/obamacal0808.html
August 18 - Albuquerque, NM
August 19 - Orlando, FL, Raleigh, NC
August 20 - Greensboro, NC, Martinsville, VA, Danville, VA, Lynchburg, VA
August 21 - Richmond, VA, Chester, VA, Petersburg, VA, Emporia, VA, Chesapeake, VA
August 22 - Chicago, IL
August 23 - Springfield, IL
August 24 - Eau Claire, WI
August 25 - Davenport, IA, Kansas City, MO
August 26 - Kansas City, MO
August 27 - Billings, MT, Denver, CO
August 28 - Denver, CO
August 29 - Monaca, PA, Aliquippa, PA, Beaver, PA
August 30 - Boardman, OH, Cleveland, OH, Marengo, OH, Dublin, OH
August 31 - Lima, OH, Toledo, OH, Hamilton, IN, Battle Creek, MI
0 fundraisers, multiple visits to urban and rural swing state areas.
If you think the August calendar is skewed too much, you can also consider the September calendars:
Obama - 5 fundraisers, visits to Detroit, MI, Monroe, MI, Milwaukee, WI, New Philadelphia, OH, Dillonvale, OH, York, PA, Columbia, PA, Lancaster, PA, Duryea, PA, Wyoming, PA, Terre Haute, IN, Flint, MI, Farmington Hills, MI, Riverside, OH, Green Bay, WI, Detroit, MI.
Clinton - 14 fundraisers, 1 visit to Philadelphia, 1 visit to Cleveland --
that's it for the Rust Belt in September!
