Or maybe people like Bloomberg because of his policies and positions, and concluding that it’s simply because of money is a logical fallacy.

That doesn't mirror how primary voters actually rank candidates. Polling shows that many voter's first preference and second preference are often ideologically different -- you might have a primary voter who's 1st pick is a centrist democrat, and 2nd pick is socialist democrat, and vice versa.

So? That simply means that voters like inconsistent things. Or that your labels aren’t sufficient to capture their preferences.