2016 Postmortem
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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/09/wall-street-donors-flocking-clintonDemocratic frontrunner has seen a surge in financial sector donations since business-friendly Republican candidates have dropped out of the race.
Now that Donald Trump has secured his position as the presumptive Republican nominee, Wall Street donors are fleeing the party and throwing their support behind Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
A Wall Street Journal analysis published late Sunday found that the former secretary of state "has raised $4.2 million in total from Wall Street, $344,000 of which was contributed in March alone."
In fact, Clinton has seen a surge in financial sector donations since business-friendly Republican candidatesnamely former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubiodropped out of the race. According to the newspaper's reporting on fundraising data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics, "the former secretary of state received 53 percent of the donations from Wall Street in March, up from 32 percent last year and 33 percent in January through February, as the nominating contests began."
WSJ notes that "Trump, by contrast, hasnt garnered more than 1 percent of Wall Street contributions in any month through March," although the New York billionaire is expected to be much more active in soliciting donations for the general election.
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"They know Hillary," Rogers added
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I guess it's official
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Hillary and the Democrats better come close to matching that or a Republican President will reshape the Supreme Court and we'll be stuck with Citizens United for a generation.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)She'll need even more money, since so much was wasted backing a unicorn.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Herman4747
(1,825 posts)She ought to dress like what of those bought-and-paid-for NASCAR drivers, making sure that the Goldman Sachs emblem is the most prominent.
CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)Gomez163
(2,039 posts)If Hillary gets indicted, they will be giving money to Sanders.
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)Wall St isn't giving Bernie a dime, and if they do, he'll send it back,
Gomez163
(2,039 posts)Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)I figured the Wall Street would figure they've won regardless once it was HRC v Trump, no need to keep tossing money at HRC. This tells me they're actually more comfortable with HRC.
And I'm supposed to be OK with that...
Like I've said a hundred times, she's a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. If she wins the nomination, poor & working class Americans lose. Big time.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Yeah, they know what side their butter still has value on.
griffi94
(3,731 posts)to keep Trump out of the Whitehouse.
Any group of serious
people would want to block a reality TV star and media
celebrity who is incompetent from being POTUS.
Well good for Democrats.
It's going to take a lot of money to beat Trump.
I'm glad Hillary will have a large warchest.
oasis
(49,151 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)give as much more they can afford up to the legal limit.
That would yield a yuuuge amount of money from the broadly based population rather than Corporations.
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)...the nation's actual rulers can get down to the business of making sure the preferred sock puppet is placed "in charge."
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I prefer...
Matariki
(18,775 posts)She's their great hope.