Clinton campaign’s money machine dominates Trump and Sanders in latest FEC reports

[SidDithers]

Source: Washington Post

Hillary Clinton’s skill and experience in raising money have provided her with a dominant financial lead over her Democratic and Republican rivals, according to the latest Federal Election Commission reports.

Filings for the month of April show that Clinton and her remaining competitor for the Democratic Party nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), raised about the same amount of money, each reporting receipts topping $26 million. But Sanders was spending money at a far greater rate and had just $5.8 million on hand at the end of the month, compared with Clinton’s reported cash on hand of $30 million.

Meanwhile, the reports laid bare the challenge facing Donald Trump, who is now focused on the general election. Clinton has far outpaced Trump in spending to build a campaign infrastructure and in building financial reserves for the long race to Election Day in November. Each campaign is expected to spend $1 billion or more in their quest to win the White House.

Running as a self-funded candidate not beholden to traditional donors, Trump has so far raised and spent less than many of his Republican opponents and far less than Clinton. All told, Trump and his supporters have raised about $59.4 million so far, compared with Clinton’s total of nearly $300 million. Most of Trump’s money has come from loans he made to the campaign, totaling $43.4 million, including $7.5 million in April alone. Clinton and Sanders have each spent close to $200 million, compared with $56.5 million by Trump.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/21/clinton-campaigns-money-machine-dominates-trump-and-sanders-in-latest-fec-reports/

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"But Sanders was spending money at a far greater rate and had just $5.8 million on hand at the end of the month, compared with Clinton’s reported cash on hand of $30 million."

From The Washington Post, May 21 at 1:50 PM


Sid

[Skwmom]

1. Bernie doesn't have big money superpacs and free corporate media cheerleading for him and dissing

his opponent.

[hrmjustin]

2. Maybe they can give some of that money to Burlington College.

Before he spends it all.

[Iliyah]

3. Yep.

[SidDithers]

4. Message from a HOST, about LBN articles...

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Does that make sense to anyone?



Sid

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. If it fits the requirements for LBN, it should be good.

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The Washington Post is a mainstream news site. It is new, today, and it isn't an opinion piece.

[onehandle]

13. As you expected, this was alerted on.

I kid... I kid... Except for the alert part.

Can you believe it?

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[SidDithers]

16. Thanks for posting the results...nt

Sid

[BillZBubb]

6. Translation: Hillary's big money, corporate sponsors double-down.

They know they'll get what they are paying for.

FDR: "I welcome their hatred!".

HRC: "I love their money!".

[SmittynMo]

7. Bingo

Nailed it.

[Nitram]

8. The campaign donations flow towards the perceived winner.

Whatever the polls might say.

[askeptic]

9. So Hillary's skill and experience raising money shows she'd be best president?

I mean, I expect her to be better at the mechanics since this is her second attempt, but many of us wonder just why there is some notion that the richest person deserves to win, and that it is the only measure of success. I mean if money makes Hillary such a good candidate, why is it Bernie seems to be favored by almost as many people as favor her? Why ISN'T everyone just jumping in unison behind her? It's just a puzzler...

[murielm99]

10. K&R!

This is indeed interesting news, Sid.

If Sanders cannot manage campaign funds, how can he expect to manage the budget of the country?

Thank you for posting this.

[cstanleytech]

11. Actually Sanders would probably do about as well as anyone else since

no president really manages the budget themselves.
The question is would he be given good sound advice and would he take it? I think both he and Hillary would listen atleast.
Some like George Bush for example wouldnt know sound advice if it stood right in front of him wearing big orange shoes with a green wig and a pink tutu with sparklers shooting out of its ass.

[askeptic]

12. Bernie knows his odds and is spending to stay in the race

Looks to me like he is managing just fine. He knows Hillary has a big delegate lead, and realizes his only chance is to stay in the race each primary. He's not "saving" any for later. That will come naturally if he is able to overcome the odds. I have nothing against Hillary's supporters, and am happy to see our democracy at work. Hillary stayed in until the end in 2008 even though she wasn't doing as well as Bernie is now, so I don't know why all the resentment towards Bernie. With the Republicans we've had running in recent presidential cycles, we're always on the brink of disaster.

[Doctor_J]

14. So you really can buy the white house. The most despised candidate in history could be president

Ain't Kleptocracy grand?

[Cha]

15. Thank you for this, Sid!

[Pauldg47]

17. Skill?

[LoveMyCali]

19. Maybe not so much skill as common sense

Spending like a drunken sailor is rarely a good thing.

[Lucinda]

18. KNR