Lobbyists have raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign up to this point, while they have bundled exactly $0 for her opponent Donald Trump’s campaign, indicating the different strategies both candidates have pursued to win the White House.
These figures came from Federal Election Commission reports filed on Friday, according to the Washington Post.
Presidential candidates have counted on lobbyists to raise money for their campaigns over many years, but Trump, now the Republican nominee, has avoided such fundraising methods as he runs as an outsider not confined by traditional political methods practiced in Washington.
Trump’s reluctance to woo lobbyists for campaign contributions has helped win him support among Republican voters but has put him in a financial hole compared to Clinton.
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