Politics & Government

Briarcliff, Pleasantville's Top Democratic Presidential Campaign Contributors

Contributions to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders are uneven.

New Yorkers will take to the polls April 19 to cast their ballots for the presidential nomination in each party, and if campaign contributions are any indication of appeal, it looks like former U.S. Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on the upswing.

Clinton has received more than $21.9 million to Sen. Bernie Sander’s $2.3 million, according to Federal Election Commission campaign finance reports.

Those numbers, though, are a bit misleading.

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While Clinton’s campaign has raised big bucks from individuals, she’s also been helped by massive money pouring in through Priorities USA Action, a pro-Clinton Super PAC that has raised more than $50 million in support of the former Secretary of State, according to OpenSecrets.

Sanders has raised just $44,968 from outside groups, according to OpenSecrets.

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However, in terms of who’s donating, Clinton is only slightly more popular than Sanders near her home county of Westchester.

According to the FCC, she has 1,791 donations in the 105XX zip code communities, which are in Westchester and part of Putnam County, which have raised $1.3 million.

He has 1,341 donations, raising $123,350.

The difference is the size of the donations.

Clinton’s campaign contributors in Briarcliff Manor, Croton, Ossining and Pleasantville who gave the legal limit of $2,700:

KEIDAN, DAVID

KEIDAN, GEORGIA

SAMMI, PARAMJEET

DART, LESLEE

HOOPER, JOHN

RICKETTS, GALE

WALETZKY, LUCY

RAKOW, RICHARD

SABETY, TED

HART, BARBARA JANE

CONFALONE, JAMES

LEE, HAELIM

REISNER, CARL

Sanders’ top donation in the four communities was $1,000 in Pleasantville. He had three $500 donations in Croton and Ossining; and, his highest donation in Briarcliff was $250 -- he had four of those.

Following voting in three states, Clinton leads Sanders in pledged delegates, 52 to 51. But Clinton holds a commanding lead over the Vermont Senator in the race for the nomination overall with the support of 445 superdelegates compared to just 18 superdelegates for Sanders.

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