--- title: Bernie Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York Primary description: Trump didn't air a single ad. canonical: https://time.com/4301341/new-york-primary-results-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-20T17:03:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:49.026Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York. Trump? 13 Cents. og:description: Trump didn't air a single ad. og:url: https://time.com/4301341/new-york-primary-results-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5e65646bbba4d46/69888ffdcf40a855b6c42e85/bernie-sanders11.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally at the Rec Hall at Penn State University on April 19, 2016 in University Park, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York. Trump? 13 Cents. twitter:description: Trump didn't air a single ad. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5e65646bbba4d46/69888ffdcf40a855b6c42e85/bernie-sanders11.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: Trump and Clinton Take New York [Watch (HLS stream): Trump and Clinton Take New York](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RlWSrxD6.m3u8) (1:27)  _Published 2016-04-20_ by [Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity](https://time.com/author/center-for-public-integrity/) ## Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity Apr 20, 2016 5:03 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally at the Rec Hall at Penn State University on April 19, 2016 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally at the Rec Hall at Penn State University on April 19, 2016 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen by [Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity](https://time.com/author/center-for-public-integrity/) ## Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity Apr 20, 2016 5:03 PM UTC Democratic presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/30/17261/12-things-know-about-bernie-sanders) faltered in New York despite [outspending](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19570/sanders-falters-new-york-despite-outspending-clinton-airwaves) front-runner [Hillary Clinton](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/12/17107/12-things-know-about-hillary-clinton) on the television and radio airwaves. Sanders won about 750,000 votes in New York — or 42 percent — while spending [more than $6.8 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19572/ad-spending-new-york-presidential-primary) on TV and radio ads, according to election, according to data provided to the [Center for Public Integrity](http://www.publicintegrity.org) by The Tracking Firm, a nonpartisan media tracking company. Sanders’ spending spree amounted to about $9.03 per vote. Clinton, meanwhile, bagged more than 1 million votes while spending [about $3.8 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19572/ad-spending-new-york-presidential-primary) on TV and radio ads — about $3.62 per vote. Clinton’s victory added to her delegate lead in the Democratic primary, in which she has now won about 25 percent more pledged delegates than Sanders, according to [the Associated Press](https://interactives.ap.org/2016/delegate-tracker/). Including superdelegates — free agents who may choose to back any candidate — Clinton is now [roughly 450 delegates](https://interactives.ap.org/2016/delegate-tracker/) away from clinching the Democratic Party nomination. Sanders would need to secure [nearly 1,200 delegates](https://interactives.ap.org/2016/delegate-tracker/) to win the party’s presidential nomination. Math be damned, Sanders continues pressing on. His campaign is already airing TV ads ahead of the May 3 primary in Indiana, according to data provided to the [Center for Public Integrity](http://www.publicintegrity.org) by [Kantar Media/CMAG](http://www.kantarmedia.com/us/our-solutions/advertising-monitoring-and-evaluation/political), an advertising tracking firm. Both Sanders and Clinton are also already airing ads in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, which all conduct primary elections next Tuesday. Fueled by small-dollar donors — many of whom have made multiple contributions — Sanders has amassed a campaign war chest of [more than $180 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far). This has allowed him to [outgun Clinton](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/20/19575/hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-battle-tv-airwaves) on the TV airwaves for months, although the results of his massive spending have been mixed. For her part, Clinton has raised [about $190 million](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/16/18631/see-how-much-2016-presidential-candidates-have-raised-so-far) for her campaign, and [super PACs supporting her candidacy](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/05/19521/how-citizens-united-helping-hillary-clinton-win-white-house) have raised tens of millions of dollars in additional funds. While Clinton and Sanders aired [thousands of ads](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19571/tv-ads-new-york-democratic-primary) in New York ahead of Tuesday’s primary, Republican Party front-runner [Donald Trump](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/16/17488/9-things-know-about-donald-trump) did not air [a single TV ad](https://twitter.com/mjbeckel/status/722562410545094656). The New York resident and real estate tycoon surged past rivals [Ted Cruz](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/03/23/16947/ted-cruzs-presidential-cash-hunt-commences) and [John Kasich](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/22/17209/9-things-know-about-john-kasich), who largely [conceded the state](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19570/sanders-falters-new-york-despite-outspending-clinton-airwaves). Trump won more than 515,000 votes — about 60 percent of the GOP vote. Trump, who has benefited from widespread media coverage, spent a mere [$67,000](https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/19/19572/ad-spending-new-york-presidential-primary) on radio ads during the state’s primary election — the equivalent of about 13 cents per vote. _This story is from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative media organization in Washington, D.C. Read more of its investigations on the_ [_influence of money in politics_](https://www.publicintegrity.org/politics) _or follow it on_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/publici)_._ ## Transcript The two leading candidates get big wins in the all important New York Presidential Primaries. Former Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, pulled out a victory in the Democratic race, helping to distance herself form a surging Bernie Sanders. The win gives her a majority of New York's 291 delegates, and they finally seal her nomination for president. To all the people Who supported senator Sanders. I believe there is much more that unites us than divides us [ APPLAUSE ] The raise for the democratic nomination is in the home stretched and victory is at sight [ NOISE ] For the republicans, Donald Trump scored a huge victory sailing to an easy win over Ted Cruz and John Kasich. Trump saver the victory. Thank you New York. We love New York. We love New York. Thank you very much everybody. Thank you. [ APPLAUSE ] The margin of victory matters in New York State as a win of 50 % or more, garners all the delegates available in each district. And with the Donald's convincing win, his lead over the Texas senator increases. Still Trump is a long way away from the 1237 he needs to capture the nomination And both Cruz and Kasich are vowing to fight towards what is expected to be a contested convention. 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