California Presidential Contributions Headed for All-Time High
California Presidential Contributions Headed for All-Time HighCalifornia is on track to dominate presidential campaign contributions in
2024 as both Trump and Biden are both of their fund-raising pace in 2020.
There was no surprise on March 5 when Incumbent Democrat President
Joe Biden and Republican Former President Donald Trump both swept the Super-Tuesday Primary in California, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont and Virginia are holding primaries [Alaska and Utah held
caucuses] to come very close to clinching their parties’ 2024 nomination.
The 2020 presidential campaign was by far the all-time most expensive in
history with a cost of $5.7 billion. The big money tends to be raised over
the summer when both parties have their nomination ticket. But latest
contribution reports reveal that California already leading the way with both candidates having raised almost twice the money than at this time in 2020.
Pres. Joe Biden has raised $105.5 million, with about 61,300 donations
totaling $14.4 million coming from California; while Former Pres. Trump
raised $88.5 million, with about 201,250 donations totaling $8.9 million
coming from California.
California in 2020 provided 8 of the 12 largest contributors to Joe Biden’s
national campaign including:
Contributor Total
Alphabet Inc [Google] $4,405,375University of California $3,937,622US Government $2,539,099Microsoft Corp $2,429,618Amazon.com $2,278,172Apple Inc $1,885,635Kaiser Permanente $1,724,298Facebook Inc $1,583,067
AT&T Inc $1,329,677Stanford University $1,270,414State of California $1,252,706Walt Disney Co $1,221,545Wells Fargo $1,210,813California only provided 1 of the 12 largest contributors to President Donald Trumps’ 2020 national reelection campaign including:
Contributor Total
Las Vegas Sands $45,010,542Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research $45,005,600America First $37,416,082Walt Disney Co $10,589,052Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation $10,500,000Energy Transfer LP $10,033,580Marcus Foundation $10,000,000Eshelman Ventures LLC $7,000,000GH Palmer Assoc $6,005,600Hendricks Holding Co $5,007,548Uline Inc $4,093,701Pulse Biosciences $4,005,600
