Psst! Don't Tell a Soul I Live in Greenwich and I Went for Trump

Frontrunner takes hedge-fund town with hidden army of support
No guarantee of November triumph as Clinton wins more votes

Voters take part in the 2016 Connecticut primary at the Julian Curtiss School located in Greenwich on April 26, 2016.
Photographer: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

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By Tom Moroney

April 28, 2016 at 12:00 PM UTC

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To Donald Trump supporters in Greenwich, Connecticut, it’s a hush-hush world, except for the brave few like Jim Campbell.

When he extolled the virtues of a Trump presidency at a political dinner a couple months ago, Campbell, a successful real-estate man, knew he was a rarity in Connecticut’s GOP circles: a local committee leader willing to vouch for the party’s bombastic frontrunner. On the campaign trail Trump had slammed the Wall Street crowd that makes up so much of the town’s citizenry. What Campbell hadn’t counted on is what happened next. A handful of financial professionals approached with offers to do anything they could for Trump’s candidacy -- on the down-low.