WASHINGTON: It seems like a logical pairing: Republican donors who despise Donald Trump, and two GOP presidential hopefuls sticking it out to keep him from the nomination.
Less than 3 percent of the nearly 14,600 donors who gave the $2,700 limit to Bush or Rubio have also ponied up the maximum amount to Kasich or Cruz.
Donors' continued shunning of Cruz and Kasich is one reason they haven't had more success.
Both Kasich and Cruz have feverishly pitched themselves to donors as the candidate best able to unify the party.
In fact, Cruz is the best Republican campaign fundraiser of the 2016 cycle, and started April with $8.8 million cash on hand.
Kasich, the governor of Ohio, has attracted 174 maxed-out donors who also gave the maximum to Bush and Rubio.
But Kasich has been in desperate need of more donors willing to give as much as they can.
About a dozen Bush-Rubio donors have also given to Trump.
Stanley Hubbard, a billionaire Minnesota broadcast executive, has doled out checks of $2,500 or more to Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie and John Kasich.
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