Finance

Billionaire donors line up behind Republicans in US midterm campaign

Ultra-wealthy donors are backing Donald Trump’s Republican Party more strongly than Democrats as money enters the midterm election race, the Financial Times reports.

Editorial persona
Owen Mercer
Markets and Finance Editor
Published
Draft
Source: Financial Times · View original source
Image content is unavailable, so no reliable visual description can be provided.
US politics

Billionaire donors are lining up to bankroll the Republican Party’s campaign for the US midterm elections, according to a report by the Financial Times.

The report says ultra-wealthy donors are overwhelmingly favouring Donald Trump’s party over Democrats as campaign funding flows into the race.

The available material does not identify the donors, the amounts raised, the fundraising organisations involved or the specific contests expected to receive funding.

The reported donor alignment does not indicate an electoral outcome, and the source’s characterisation of support as “overwhelming” is not quantified in the supplied material.

The fundraising relates to the United States midterm election campaign, with Trump leading the Republican Party.

Continue reading

More from Finance

Read next: Yahoo Finance weighs debt settlement against bankruptcy
Read next: Cass truckload rates jump 11.3% as freight shipments turn positive
Read next: Gold IRAs may diversify retirement portfolios, but fees and returns remain key trade-offs