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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Everything You Need To Know About Money In The 2016 Presidential Race

Money runs politics, and the charts below show just how much of it has been raised and spent on the 2016 presidential election.

New research by payment service provider WePay provides some amazing revelations about the election’s finances. First and foremost, Republican nominee Donald Trump — despite investing millions of his own money in his campaign — is sorely behind Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton when it comes to cold, hard cash.

Clinton has more than doubled the amount of money raised and spent by Trump. These numbers do not include tens of millions raised for each candidate outside of their committees. Clinton has raised approximately $143.5 million in outside money, while Trump has collected only around $40 million.

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