Why these 40 donors are supporting both Hillary Clinton and a Republican

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So far, at least 40 people have donated to both Hillary Clinton and one of her possible Republican rivals this election cycle. But as Time reports, their reasons for doing so vary widely.

For instance, donor Patricia Lizarraga gave $500 each to Clinton and Republican Carly Fiorina, the only two women running as major party candidates. "If there were a third [woman] in the fray," Lizarraga says, "I would support her as well." Writer Mayhill Fowler, meanwhile, abhors "the hyper-partisanship of our culture" and donates to both sides in every presidential contest — though the $2,700 she gave to Clinton dwarfs her $250 to Jeb Bush.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.