Billionaires are dominating 2016 spending, but Bernie supporters are proving that small donors can fuel national campaign
As comedian Larry David reminded Saturday Night Live viewers over the weekend, many people by now know how proud the Bernie Sanders campaign is for having built its entire campaign through a record-breaking 3.5 million individual donations, mostly from small donors averaging gifts of about $27, while refusing the support of super PAC contributions.
Meanwhile, according to a new independent analysis of campaign finance data published Monday byPolitico, the 100 biggest spenders during this campaign season—many of them individual billionaires—have donated a combined $195 million to super PACs supporting the other presidential candidates.