Candidates Show First Glimpse in Historic 2016 Money Race
Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rides anÊescalator betweenÊmeetings at the US Capitol July 14, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesIf money equals speech, then in the U.S. presidential race right now it's millionaires and billionaires who are doing most of the talking.
The campaign fundraising efforts of the 22 major declared or all-but-declared contenders are coming into focus this week as campaigns and related groups disclose the amounts they've raised so far, and the numbers point to a historic shift. For the first time in decades, contributions of unlimited size from deep-pocketed donors—as much as $6 million from a single person—are eclipsing the amounts raised from thousands of smaller contributors.