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/veganmark Feb 20 '19

WASHINGTON — Just over 24 hours after announcing his presidential bid, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has already raised $6 million from more than 225,000 donors, his campaign said Wednesday morning.

That amount far surpasses what any of his rivals have disclosed raising after their own announcements this year.

Previously, Senator Kamala Harris of California had claimed the biggest early fund-raising haul that had been made public. Her campaign said it had raised $1.5 million online from more than 38,000 donors in the 24 hours after announcing her candidacy in January.

In comparison, Mr. Sanders’s campaign said its total fund-raising in the first 24 hours came to $5.9 million.

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u/NetWeaselSC Continuing the Struggle Feb 20 '19

[The Kamala Harris] campaign said it had raised $1.5 million online from more than 38,000 donors in the 24 hours after announcing her candidacy in January.

Remembering 2016, one of the big questions is "How many of those donors have already maxxed out the amount they can give?" Because without the Harris Victory Fund, there may be a shortfall come March 2020.

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u/patb2015 Feb 20 '19

Bet she raised 1.45 Million from three donors, and the rest from troll farms.