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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
Ben Wieder

1 donor is backing 14 candidates. Why big-dollar Democrats aren't picking sides for 2020

WASHINGTON _ Most Democrats haven't settled on a favorite candidate in their historically large presidential primary field _ and the party's biggest donors are no exception.

At least 7,500 donors have contributed to two or more Democratic contenders in 2019, according to a McClatchy analysis of campaign finance records.

It's an unusually high number. By comparison, a little more than 1,000 donors had given to multiple Republican White House hopefuls at the same point in the 2016 election cycle, which featured a similarly crowded field.

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