Rubio, Sanders Gaining Momentum With San Diego County Donors

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Database begins in earnest with the candidates were chest becoming increasingly important. The Federal election commission has released fundraising data for the candidates in the fourth quarter of last year from October through December. Lauren Schroeder at data specialist broke down the numbers percent ago. Welcome to the program. Overall, which candidates raised the most money in the last three months of 2015 here in San Diego. The data shows that Marco Rubio received the most money in the last three months totaling 190 and $1000 followed by Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders and then Hillary Clinton. Let's talk about last night's winners. You mentioned initially -- Hillary Clinton and takers. Other contributions up or down? In a San Diego, Clinton's donations are down. Takers saw an increase from 43,000 and quarter three 209,000 and quarter for. This is a little bit different then the national numbers we down. Data is showing takers donations went up 50% which is lower than what San Diego saw in Hillary Clinton went up about 35%. Nationally donations to Clinton went up but here, they are down. Correct. Yes. I was surprised by how much her donations had gone down in this area in particular. Overall it seems to pick up the highest amount from San Diego donors? Correct. What about Trump? Trump saw a decrease of about $10,000 from 43 to 4. He received about 15,000 and quarter three and is down to 5200 and quarter for. How does that compare nationally? They are down about 42%. In San Diego they decreased by about 65% nationally, 42. It's relatively the same. What you know about the average donor in San Diego County? Donors are not required but encouraged to identify some information about themselves. Jupiters in terms of occupation and employer, the majority of the Jupiters in San Diego identify themselves as retired, self-employed and also listed not applicable which could be either. Under occupation, it's about the same. San Diego saw a large amount of donations from homemakers and housewives. In terms of -- also gas and electric is up on the top 50 list. California is considered an ATM for presidential candidates. They merely come here to Andres. I wonder the volume of donations, how does San Diego catch missions compare to other states or other areas of the country, do we engender a large number of donations in comparison to other places? I have written a comparison of San Diego go compared to California but I have looked at the percentage of San Diego contributions compared to the national total. In quarter three, San Diego represented about 1.3% of the total donations. We saw a decrease from that in quarter for two about 1%. I wonder what we would do after the Iowa caucuses? What would you be keeping your eye on when the next set of fundraising reports are released? I will take a look at Hillary Clinton's donations to see if maybe her decrease will change, will San Diego to Jupiters boost their supports more towards the end, I'll also be looking at some trump and Ted Cruz donations to see if they hold strong. Lauryn Schroeder, data specialist, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Thank you so much.