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DeepModem Mom

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Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:01 PM Sep 2015

Ivy Leaguers pour money into Hillary campaign; GOP donations minimal: (HILLARY GROUP)

Ivy League academics, staff, and students are donating overwhelmingly to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, according to records provided by the Federal Electoral Commission.

As of September 24, donations to America for Hillary from affiliated donors at the eight elite universities have totaled $248,907, or 87.51% of all (Ivy League) donations.

Bernie Sanders comes in at a distant second with $18,851, or 6.63%. Sanders’s fundraising posted a strong performance at Dartmouth, where he received 56% of donations. That strength might not come as a surprise; according to RealClearPolitics, Sanders has been performing well in New Hampshire, where he now leads Clinton in polls.

Even at a distant second, Sanders received more Ivy League affiliated donations than all Republican candidates combined.

The only four GOP candidates receiving donations are Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz. Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio. Combined, they have earned $13,339, less than five percent of donations. Republicans also failed to receive any donations at Brown, Dartmouth, and Princeton....

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6834 via Campus Reform

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Ivy Leaguers pour money into Hillary campaign; GOP donations minimal: (HILLARY GROUP) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Sep 2015 OP
It takes a lot of donations to a presidential campaign, there is large staffs, travel expenses and Thinkingabout Sep 2015 #1

Thinkingabout

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1. It takes a lot of donations to a presidential campaign, there is large staffs, travel expenses and
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 08:35 PM
Sep 2015

it does not come cheap. Hillary has the ability to raise funds.

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