Hillary Clinton’s campaign entered the final three weeks with a massive advantage over Donald Trump’s in the cash race, thanks in large part to Trump’s repeated refusal to self-fund his campaign.
Clinton sits on $62 million as of October 20, meaning she could spend more than $3 million a day during the final three weeks of the election and not go broke, according to a new fundraising report filed Thursday.
Trump, meanwhile, has just $16 million in reserves — and despite his frequent promises to give up to $100 million to his campaign, he donated a measly $31,000 in early October, his report shows. He has only donated $56 million to his race as of October 20.
Clinton, a dominant fundraiser in the presidential race, collected $52.8 million in just the first 19 days of October, while Trump took in $30.5 million. Neither of those totals include the money raised for national and state parties that are part of their joint fundraising agreements.
Despite spending $50 million in that period, Clinton actually had slightly more cash than she did the last time she reported to the Federal Election Commission at the end of September. Clinton is scheduled to spend $48 million on television and radio advertising alone over the last three weeks, according to advertising records.
Clinton’s super PAC also shared new details on the individuals who gave it a historic October haul during which it raised almost $1 million a day. Their $18 million during the reporting period is thanks to traditional Democratic donors like the Simons family of New York, who gave $3 million in early October, and donors greener to major giving, like Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who chipped in $2.5 million.
Trump’s super PACs that had filed as of Thursday evening showed signs of struggle. Rebuilding America Now, once seen as the main pro-Trump outside group, raised just a few hundred thousand dollars, despite paying generous salaries to their campaign consultants.
One prominent Trump donor was revealed to be loading money into an under-the-radar PAC: Wisconsin roofing billionaire Diane Hendricks gave $4 million to her personal super PAC, Reform America Fund, reports show.
