Campaign Contributions to 2016 Presidential Candidates



Tables show money given to candidates’ committees. These numbers do not include money given to other organizations, such as Super PACS, that support or oppose candidates.

Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Gary Johnson Jill Stein
Money Raised $502,619,562 $247,948,226 $11,253,955 $3,055,906
Large Contributions ($200+) $411,098,674
82%
$180,294,852
73%
$3,910,322
35%
$1,053,640
34%
Small Contributions $91,520,889
18%
$67,653,374
27%
$7,343,633
65%
$2,002,266
66%
Self Financing $1,300,125
0.3%
$56,077,343
22.6%
$20
0.0%
$40,000
1.3%
Top Contributions by State California 21.78%; New York 15.66%; Texas 5.18%; Florida 5.16%; Other: 52.21% New York 47.13%; Texas 7.44%; California 6.27%; Florida 5.64%; Other: 33.52% California 13.57%; Texas 9.20%; New York 7.08%; Florida 6.61%; Other: 63.55% California 23.35%; New York 8.57%; Massachusetts 7.56%; Washington 7.03%; Other: 53.49%
Information excerpted from MapLight’s research for Voter’s Edge, a nonpartisan, bilingual voter guide that provides unbiased, in-depth information on candidates and ballot measures down to the local level for voters in California, New York and Illinois.

Voter’s Edge is a project of MapLight and the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund in California and a project of MapLight in Illinois and New York.

Source: MapLight analysis of data from the Federal Election Commission, updated on November 1, 2016.

Methodology: Tabulation of money given to, and reported by, candidates’ principal campaign committees for the given office. This does not include money given to other types of committees, such as Super PACs that support or oppose the candidate.