Republicans Winning Florida Campaign Contribution Race

If elections were won solely on campaign contributions, a Republican sweep of the Sunshine State might be likely.

According to the Federal Election Commission, non-PAC contributions to this year’s slate of presidential hopefuls have topped $25.2 million in Florida so far. The Republicans have raised $17,722,615 combined. Democrats have raised $7,508,525.

The top individual fundraisers so far have been former Gov. Jeb Bush on the Republican side with $6.5 million and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, with $6.3 million.

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Other Republicans have collected these amounts from Floridians to fund their campaign war chests:

• Sen. Marco Rubio - $5.2 million
• Sen. Ted Cruz - $1.8 million
• Dr. Ben Carson - $1.6 million
• Donald Trump - $202,380

On the Democrat side, Sen. Bernie Sanders has raised $975,984 in Florida so far.

The fundraising numbers don’t necessarily paint the same picture as some of the latest voter polls in Florida. Public Policy Polling released its latest survey of likely Florida voters in the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary on Thursday. The survey included 1,012 registered Sunshine State voters, including 464 likely Republican primary voters and 388 likely Democratic primary voters. It was conducted between Feb. 24 and Feb. 25.

Florida voters head to the polls for the Presidential Preference Primary on March 15. As of Thursday, Public Policy Polling said Trump led the Republican pack with 45 percent of likely voters and Clinton led on the Democrat side with 57 percent.

The Public Policy Polling survey also addressed the question of whether Florida voters thought there might be a link between Cruz and the infamous Zodiac Killer. It seems nearly 40 percent of those surveyed thought there could be a connection.

Check out the full poll results on Public Policy Polling’s website.

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