--- ---  # Bernie Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York. Donald Trump? About 13 Cents. ## 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)_._ Bernie Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York Primary ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4301341/new-york-primary-results-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4301341/new-york-primary-results-bernie-sanders-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Spent $9 Per Vote in New York. Donald Trump? 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