“USA TODAY analysis: Rich Democrats surge past GOP in political giving”

USA Today:

Many of the wealthy Republican contributors who raced to write seven-figure checks to influence the nomination battle have shut their wallets on GOP nominee Donald Trump, directing their money instead to downballot contests or opting to sit out the campaign, a USA TODAY analysis of new campaign filings shows.

Some of the nation’s richest Democrats, meanwhile, have escalated their giving to boost Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes and to seize on the prospect of a Democratic takeover in the Senate, according to the review of contributions by the election’s most generous donors.

Wealthy Democrats and liberal organizations have plowed $134 million into super PACs since early April as Clinton pulled away from rival Bernie Sanders and Trump won a string of primaries on his way to effectively clinching the GOP nomination in early May. By comparison, the Republican Party’s biggest donors contributed $51 million to super PACs during the same period.

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