Coronavirus War Chests

IF THERE IS ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT POLITICS, IT'S THAT MONEY TALKS. RUNNING ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN FROM SMALL SCALE LOCAL TO A NATIONAL LEVEL IS VERY EXPENSIVE. A CURSORY LOOK AT JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMPS' LARGEST DONORS REVEAL SOME BIG SURPRISES. DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUS RIVAL- MITT ROMNEY'S FORMER INVESTMENT COMPANY BAIN CAPITAL ARE SOME OF BIDEN'S LARGEST DONORS. AND ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST SIGNIFICANT DONORS IS A FELLOW REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER: BILLIONAIRE GEOFFRY PALMER. THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS CREATED A CHALLENGE FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING AND CAMPAIGNING ACROSS THE BOARD. CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SWITCH TO VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNS AND BOOST THEIR ADVERTISING BUDGETS. 0.42 JAIME HARRISON: SC SENATE CANDIDATE "IN THE SOUTH IT'S A VERY COMMUNAL THING TO GO OUT AND CAMPAIGN." "WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS VIRTUALLY, BUT WE ARE ALSO UP ON TELEVISION." CREATIVITY IS KEY FOR THE CAMPAIGN TEAMS HOPING TOO BOOST THE PROFILE AND THE COFFERS OF THEIR CANDIDATES. 1.00 MATT KLINK, gop strategist, klink campaigns " THEY ARE CONSTANTLY THINKING UP NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE POTENTIAL DONORS; TO CONTRIBUTE GREATER SUMS OF MONEY." EVEN THOUGH TIMES ARE TIGHT, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES AND LARGE SCALE DONORS ARE ABLE TO DIG DEEP FOR THE CAUSE. 1.13 MATT KLINK, gop strategist, klink campaigns "THE PROOF HERE IS IN THE PUDDING, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DROP OFF IN CONTRIBUTIONS" BUT EXPERTS SAY, MORE BROADLY, THE CANDIDATES WITH AN ESTABLISHED PRESENCE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE THIS ELECTION SEASON. 1.24 DR. STEPHEN VOSS, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY "THE MORE MEDIA DRIVEN CANDIDATES ARE BEING ADVANTAGED, RATHER THAN THE ONES WHO RELIED ON THE EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY OF LARGE ROOMS." FOR THE HOUSE, SENATE OR EVEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VOTERS CORONAVIRUS MAKES IT HARD TO REACH VOTERS. BUT THE DONATIONS WILL KEEP FLOODING IN TO KEEP THE SHOW ON THE ROAD IN THIS CRUCIAL ELECTION YEAR.