bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

sponsorType

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Bloomberg

Hillary Clinton gets the vote from America’s richest citizens. Or at least she’s getting their cash.
The former Secretary of State, now-Democratic presidential candidate has collected $21.1 million for her campaign and its supporting political action committees from 17 US donors on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Republican Donald Trump has received $1.02 million from 12 members of the group.
While the role the wealthiest play in American politics has come under increased scrutiny with growing attention to income inequality fueling the rise of populist candidates, contributions from US billionaires on the Bloomberg index amount to 3 per cent of the $708 million raised by the two candidates, as of the latest Federal Election Commission filings.
Watch: Clinton and Trump go head-to-head


How the Clinton-Trump debate unfolded: tough exchanges on racism, tax returns, and the birther movement
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros is the biggest spender among donors on the index, giving almost $11.9 million to Clinton’s cause. A Hungarian immigrant to the US, Soros is the 17th-richest person in the country with $24.7 billion, according to the index. The co-founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies - and former NSA codebreaker - James Simons, is the second-biggest spender, giving $7 million to Clinton.

“I’m a lifelong Democrat and I think very highly of Hillary Clinton,” Simons said.
Trump is finding GOP-supporting billionaires to be far more frugal, at least to date. His top publicly disclosed donor, American Homes 4 Rent co-founder Bradley Wayne Hughes, Sr., has given $449,000. His billionaire daughter, Tamara Hughes Gustavson, the company’s largest individual shareholder, has given Trump $25,000.
“I think this election will determine the course of this country for a long time into the future,” said Thomas Peterffy, a Trump donor, Hungarian immigrant and multi-billionaire from founding electronic brokerage Interactive Brokers Group Inc.
We are on a slippery slope sliding towards socialism
Thomas Peterffy, a Trump donor
“If we are going to continue on our current progressive course by appointing liberal judges and piling on more regulations and not simplifying the tax code, it will be very difficult to reverse at a later date. We are on a slippery slope sliding towards socialism.”
Peterffy said his only political donation this cycle has been $100,000 to a Trump group. The billionaire added he is working on his own commercials in support of Republican candidates. New York financier John Paulson, the country’s 54th-richest person with $8.1 billion, gave $5,400 to support Trump. His spokesman Armel Leslie said he gave $250,000 in June, but that gift is not yet reported in filings. Because of varying FEC disclosure deadlines and possible agency delays in posting filings, contributions of some donors may be undercounted.

Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the 15th-richest American with $29.2 billion, and Home Depot Inc. co-founder Bernard Marcus, ranked 77th with $6.2 billion, each penned op-eds endorsing Trump in the spring. Marcus committed $3 million to Trump in May, according to a July story in Politico that cited an unidentified source, and Adelson is reportedly still considering putting $5 million behind Trump.
Trump rips up Republican trade orthodoxy, saying he will cancel TPP treaty and brand China a currency manipulator
There are 40 billionaires on the index who gave to other Republican presidential contenders in the party’s primary and haven’t sent money to Trump. Longtime Republican donors David and Charles Koch, the fifth- and sixth-richest Americans on the index, have declined to support the New York real estate billionaire and are instead funding other conservative candidates. Both Bernie Sanders supporters on the index - David Geffen and James Cox Chambers - have also given to Clinton, according to the data.
All of the billionaire donors were contacted for comment and most didn’t respond or declined to comment. Representatives for Geffen, Soros and Dustin Moskovitz confirmed their donation amounts and declined to comment further.

“Mr. Hamm has given more” to Trump than FEC disclosures to date show, Kristin Thomas, a spokeswoman, said. She declined to specify Hamm’s contribution amount.
The survey looks at FEC disclosures through September 20 and includes donations made to the candidates, joint fundraising committees and super-PACs since the start of 2015. The data exclude money given to national parties, PACs not specifically aligned with the candidates, and money given to other down-ticket candidates and causes. The FEC information doesn’t include donations made to the campaigns after the end of August. Some groups file disclosures quarterly, so information is included only through the end of June.
‘I could just spend my own money’: Trump dismisses fundraising deficit with Clinton, says he could tap into personal wealth if needed
The analysis also excludes billionaire donors who are not on the Bloomberg index, which ranks the world’s 400 richest people. Thomas Barrack, Jay Pritzker and Haim Saban have given millions of dollars to the campaigns. Many of the billionaires included in the analysis could also be giving to non-profit groups that have no obligation to disclose who funds them. Renaissance Technologies co-founder Robert Mercer has set up a pro-Trump group and seeded it with $2 million, while this month Joseph Ricketts revealed plans to support Trump primarily through similar vehicles. 
Facebook billionaire Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna, have pledged $20 million to Democratic groups, including the Hillary Victory Fund and progressive activist group MoveOn.org. New York grocery magnate John Catsimatidis has given to both Trump and Clinton.


Donald Trump and lawyer fined nearly US$1 million for ‘frivolous’ Hillary Clinton lawsuit

Hillary Clinton approved leaking Trump-Russia link to media, court hears

France’s Emmanuel Macron warns of ‘Trump hangover’ as he faces Marine Le Pen in presidential election

Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton over Russian collusion allegations

US election: Trump v Clinton

Hillary Clinton is getting the vote - and cash - from America’s richest citizens

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has collected $21.1 million for her campaign and its supporting political action committees from 17 US donors on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Photo: Reuters

Charles Koch, seen at the Freedom Partners Summit on August 2015, criticized the tone of the GOP presidential primary campaign, citing it as the reason his family has not contributed to any campaigns, including efforts to derail Republican front-runner Donald Trump. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Patrick T. Fallon for The Washington Post.

Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo

epa05557595 US casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in his seat before the first Presidential Debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, USA, 26 September 2016. The only Vice Presidential debate will be held on 04 October in Virginia, and the second and third Presidential Debates will be held on 09 October in Missouri and 19 October in Nevada. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

News

World

United States & Canada

Trump is finding GOP-supporting billionaires to be far more frugal, at least to date, according to election commission filings


Hillary Clinton is getting the vote - and cash - from America’s richest citizens

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Trump is finding GOP-supporting billionaires to be far more frugal, at least to date, according to election commission filings

Trump is finding GOP-supporting billionaires to be far more frugal, at least to date, according to election commission filings