Bernie Sanders out-fundraises all 2016 GOP presidential candidates — if you eliminate this one thing
Bernie Sanders out-fundraises all 2016 GOP presidential candidates — if you eliminate this one disgusting loophole
Sanders campaign on the Democratic side has managed to tap small donors to quickly raise large totals. As of its most recent reporting, the campaign raised $15 million from 400,000 donations from 200,000 donors. This puts it ahead of its Republican opponents. In contrast, Jeb Bush raised $11.4 million. Ted Cruz raised around $14 million. No GOP campaign matched the Sanders haul.
But there’s a catch. While Sanders is creating the broadest base of financial support, recruiting donors at a much quicker rate than other insurgent candidates like Ron Paul in 2008, and out-raising his Republican opponents’ official campaigns, there is another factor at play: super PACs.
These entities, created by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, allows billionaires and corporations to effectively spend whatever they want in support of a candidate. While they are not supposed to officially coordinate with candidates, this law has been more or less openly flouted this cycle.
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and that fact needs to be part of the campaign.
