It's more complex than that. Trump ran against better funded opponents throughout the campaign. Sanders put on a very good showing despite worse funding. I gue

It's more complex than that. Trump ran against better funded opponents throughout the campaign. Sanders put on a very good showing despite worse funding. I guess you could argue that it's a winner-take-all system for donors, but maybe that's better phrased as "the winning donors" or "the donors in power" instead of "the donors" to show that it's not just some monolithic group playing I-win-you-lose with American elections.