Only 3 Percent of Jeb Bush's Campaign Cash Came From Small Donors

Only 3 Percent of Jeb Bush's Campaign Cash Came From Small Donors

By Shane Goldmacher at the National Journal

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/only-3-percent-of-jeb-bush-s-campaign-cash-came-from-small-donors-20150715

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July 15, 2015 Jeb Bush is a fundraising powerhouse among the Republican Party's biggest donors, but he is struggling among smaller donors. Of the $11.4 million his campaign raised during its first two weeks, only 3 percent came from donors who gave less than $200.

Small contributors gave Bush only $368,023, the campaign's federal filings show. Donors who gave the legal maximum of $2,700 accounted for more than 80 percent of Bush's total haul.

For comparison's sake, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz raised $1.8 million from small donors during the first week of his campaign back in March, nearly half of his campaign's total. And, on the Democratic side, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that more than 76.5 percent of his fundraising ($10.5 million) came from small donors.

Bush had 12,334 donors between June 15 and June 30, his campaign said. That means his average contribution was $926. The average Sanders contribution? $35.




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