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by canucker2016 589 days ago
from the 2020 presidential election, Forbes has a 4-part series about the billionaires that donated to Biden and Trump.

Part 1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/15/biden...

    Four months later, when the campaign ended, Trump finished with 133 billionaire backers who collectively gave him $37.8 million. Biden, meanwhile, had 230 donors who contributed $39.1 million.

    Those sums only tell part of the story, though. Many of the biggest donors to the campaigns also funneled huge amounts into super-PACs supporting the two candidates. Super-PACs cannot coordinate with campaigns, which is why Forbes did not count those funds as part of the totals raised by Biden or Trump. But the groups, which are allowed to raise unlimited sums, can nonetheless plow money into television ads that support a candidate.