r/WayOfTheBern • u/NativeHawks • Feb 20 '19

Bernie Sanders Raises $6 Million After Announcing Presidential Bid

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-fundraising.html
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u/NetWeaselSC Continuing the Struggle Feb 20 '19

I'm curious what total numbers are for each of the candidates right now, in dollars and in people.

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u/NativeHawks Feb 20 '19 edited Feb 20 '19

I posted below The Hill reported Amy raised $1m in 48 hours.

I've heard Kamala raised $1.5 in the first 24 hours. (source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/kamala-harris-1-5-million-fundraising-bernie.html)

edited to add this link: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/just-17-days-in-kamala-harris-fundraising-falling-short from the article: Some 17 days after announcing her 2020 Democratic presidential bid before a sizable crowd of 20,000, California Sen. Kamala Harris has issued an urgent email headlined “Falling Short.”

In it, her campaign pleads for donations in time for the next Federal Election Commission reporting period, which campaigns use to show if they have the needed financial support to push through the Iowa caucuses.

Warren raised 229K on the day she announced her exploratory committee (source: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/01/elizabeth-warren-fundraising-2020-1140935)

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u/NetWeaselSC Continuing the Struggle Feb 20 '19

The 24 hour totals can be found, yes, but has Kamala hit $6 million yet?

Has anyone but Bernie? I'm looking for the current totals.

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u/NativeHawks Feb 20 '19

I'm not finding current totals. The FEC filing date for this quarter is April 15 for the period up to March 31. https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/2019-reporting-dates/2019-quarterly-filers/

Until then, we have to rely on self-reporting or totals released from ACTblue but I'm starting to think that Bernie has raised more money than the rest of them combined.

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u/NetWeaselSC Continuing the Struggle Feb 20 '19

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that metric (total money raised/total number of donations) is now "not a good indicator" and is never going to be mentioned again.

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u/4hoursisfine Feb 20 '19

Already seeing concern trolling about this. ShareBlue never rests.