The road to the White House is paved in green.

Cash comes from donors looking to give their candidate the financial advantage they need to win over voters.

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Outside of those political action committees, single donors can also have a big impact on the campaign, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

John Morgan of Morgan and Morgan won’t disclose exactly how much he’s contributed to Hillary Clinton's campaign but acknowledges it is a big number. 

Federal Election Commission records show Morgan was an early donor to the campaign, contributing the maximum $2,700 to the candidate in June 2015.

However, Morgan is also a frequent fundraising host for Democrats. He held a fundraiser for Clinton at his Heathrow home in September, and in April.

He's also given large amounts of money to the Democratic Congressional Candidate Committee, and donated to candidates like Charlie Crist and Patrick Murphy.

“I would like to see a continuation of Barack Obama’s legacy. Peace. Prosperity. And I would like to see a bigger focus on the middle class and the lower middle class,” Morgan said.

Morgan is a long-time friend and donor of the Clintons. He feels a win for Clinton is a win for the country as a whole and money is no object.

“As you get older, you go from success to significance and I’m way into the second half of my life and I want people to be better off,” Morgan said.

But not everyone feels the way Morgan does.  

Sometimes the donations aren’t even in cash. Donors with means find other ways.

Joel Greenberg is Seminole County’s new tax collector. The former CEO of his own media company has donated money to the Trump campaign but he’s also donated media help in the form of advertising.

“Those are in-kind, so, rather than directly giving cash to the campaign or to a PAC, you can go out and purchase something on behalf of the campaign," Greenberg said. "But don’t forget, we as Americans have the First Amendment still. If I want to put up a billboard that says, “'I love Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the best.' I can do that as an independent expenditure.”

Greenberg supports Donald Trump for reasons he says are simple.

“I see big picture here," Greenberg said. "It’s not just about Trump himself. It’s about the conservative movement going forward and what will America look like over the next four years.”

Greenberg said he will be a father soon and wants the country to change direction for his child’s future.

“We’ve had eight years of the liberal platform and I believe that it is a very pivotal moment for me personally, for my family, for the Supreme Court.”

Donating to federal candidates

According to the Federal Elections Commission, individuals can donate to candidates or committees. But there are limits.

An individual may give a maximum of:

  • $2,700 per election to a Federal candidate or the candidate's campaign committee. Notice that the limit applies separately to each election. Primaries, runoffs and general elections are considered separate elections.
  • $5,000 per calendar year to a PAC. This limit applies to a PAC (political action committee) that supports Federal candidates. (PACs are neither party committees nor candidate committees. Some PACs are sponsored by corporations and unions--trade, industry and labor PACs. Other PACs, often ideological, do not have a corporate or labor sponsor and are therefore called nonconnected PACs.) PACs use your contributions to make their own contributions to Federal candidates and to fund other election-related activities.
  • $10,000 per calendar year to a State or local party committee. A State party committee shares its limits with local party committees in that state unless a local committee's independence can be demonstrated.
  • $33,400 per calendar year to a national party committee. This limit applies separately to a party's national committee, House campaign committee and Senate campaign committee.
  • $100 in currency (cash) to any political committee. (Anonymous cash contributions may not exceed $50.) Contributions exceeding $100 must be made by check, money order or other written instrument.

Several groups are barred from making contributions:

  • Foreign nationals
  • Federal government contractors
  • Corporations and Unions
  • Contributions in the name of another

Donations can also include:

  • In-kind items: furniture, advertising, office supplies, consulting services, etc. The value of the donated items count when factoring contribution limits. Volunteering, travel expenses and business services are exempted.
  • Fundraising tickets and items
  • Loans and loan endorsements