NYT: Bernie Sanders’s Fund-Raising Plunges Amid Campaign Woes

[George II]

Bernie Sanders’s Fund-Raising Plunges Amid Campaign Woes

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised just $25.8 million for his campaign in April, down by more than 40 percent from the previous month, as he faces an increasingly narrow path in the race for the Democratic nomination for president.

The April total, released by his campaign on Sunday, brought Mr. Sanders’s cumulative fund-raising haul to $210 million from more than 2.4 million donors.

He raised almost $46 million in March, his best month yet in a contest during which he has frequently brought in more money than his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.

Earlier this week, Mr. Sanders revealed in an interview that he would be laying off some 255 workers, saying he would focus his resources on competing in the remaining 14 contests, particularly in California.

Mr. Sanders has faced questions about how much he can continue to raise as Mrs. Clinton has pulled farther ahead in the competition for Democratic delegates. But he is continuing to bring in large sums of money from donors making small gifts.

“What our campaign is doing is bringing millions of Americans into the political process,” his campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said in a statement. Four in 10 contributors are between 18 and 39 years old and the most common professions of donors are teachers, students and engineers, the statement said.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/05/01/bernie-sanderss-fund-raising-plunges-amid-campaign-woes/?_r=1

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Although he still claims at rallies that his "average contribution" is $27, contrary to that his average contribution PER CONTRIBUTOR is more like $90, more than three times $27.

[pmorlan1]

1. LOL

[rhett o rick]

20. LOL

[NurseJackie]

2. Looks like we're getting closer to the end of the show ...

[George II]

3. There's a similar video on YouTube. Google "Bye Bye Bernie", coincidentally, a horse who ran 7th...

.....at Belmont Park yesterday)

[NurseJackie]

4. Is this the one you were talking about?

I'd not heard about it yet. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[George II]

10. Yes, pretty humorous.

[CorkySt.Clair]

17. Glad to see someone highlight the dandruff problem

It's made me queasy a time or two during the campaign. So gross.

[Beacool]

38. I had never noticed it.

I wonder why no one shook out his jacket before he went out in public.

[CorkySt.Clair]

39. It's been ever present all primary season

HDTV is not friendly to those with poor grooming habits.

[George II]

48. It creeped me out at one of the debates. I actually thought it was glitter at first.

[TheDormouse]

40. Because these are the things that really matter in a president

[CorkySt.Clair]

41. Who said that?

[Loudestlib]

5. Clinton's campaign did not immediately report its fundraising totals in April.

[George II]

9. April ended about 13 hours ago.

[NWCorona]

6. Anybody have Hillary's total for the month? nt

[woolldog]

7. He should return each and every dollar he received.

Continuing to accept money at this point borders on criminal fraud.

[Habibi]

8. He doesn't need to return my contributions.

But thanks for telling me what my money has paid for.

[timmymoff]

12. We don't mind supporting his candidacy

just like you don't mind supporting the oligarchy. Lobbyist and super pac money is a ok with camp status quo. Attend any $353,000 a plate fundraisers lately?

[annavictorious]

33. Cheer up

Sanders raised enough to charter a Delta 767 to travel to his pretend meeting with the Queen of England.

[timmymoff]

35. I'm plenty cheerful

I enjoy watching camp weathervane make more excuses for their candidate acting like an 80's republican. I am getting a kick out of Hillary supporter's supporting gop policies from days gone by, (obamacare) , I am getting a kick out of how far right we have become and the ones willing to justify it as being righteous. I enjoy knowing once Hillary secures the nomination I do not have to worry about writing checks to a presidential candidate, or knock on doors, or phone bank, or generally talk her up. I won't have a dog in this hunt for corporate rule.

[aikoaiko]

13. HRC supporters really shouldn't talk about fraud and refunds.

Because that could get very expensive for the campaign.

[George II]

27. How so? Lots of innuendo around here, virtually no facts.

[annavictorious]

34. At least one candidate doesn't charter

Delta 767 jets to fly her grandchildren to Rome for pretend meetings with the Pope.

Quick question. Why do so many Sanders supporters have roaches crawling all over their posts?

[imagine2015]

18. Hillary should not return corporate and Wall Street money. She's worked hard for it.

Senator Carper Leads Clinton Crowd in Rendition of ‘She Works Hard For the Money’

[Duckhunter935]

26. nope, he can keep mine

to pay his bills unlike what Hillary did in 08

[KingFlorez]

31. That would never happen

I'd be very surprised if his wife didn't get a very big salary from campaign donations. He gave her one from his house campaigns.

[Yurovsky]

42. Hillary supporters certainly know a fraud when they see one...

but for some strange reason that doesn't stop them from voting for her anyway...

Bernie supporters like myself gave freely of our own money, and will continue to do so.

Hillary will just shake the Goldman Sachs blood-money tree a little harder when she needs more cash. You folks must be awfully proud. Such nice company you keep...

[grasswire]

51. She was fund raising in Israel this week. nt

[LWolf]

59. Yet people keep sending it to him.

I know I do; I send it because I want, and expect him to, keep running.

There is no fraud, and you are projecting. Sanders is not the candidate with criminal tendencies.

[Metric System]

11. It goes to show that big spending doesn't always result in winning.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. plunges to just below clinton dollars, after months of outraising her

Unlike her donors tho, we haven't hit our limits.

[George II]

15. So, he has raised more and spent more yet still is behind by ~300 (or ~700) delegates.

[rhett o rick]

21. He hasn't spent more. And she has spent money indirectly to buy the Super-Delegate

support.

[George II]

24. Can you document that? Probably not.

But Clinton's campaign has spend $151M, Sanders $164M through the end of March.

http://www.fec.gov/disclosurep/pnational.do

[Duckhunter935]

28. not true but keep pushing the falsehood

she had tens of millions of superpac money that was spent that she directly coordinated with at least breaking the spirit of the law.

[George II]

30. I posted a link to the amount that the campaigns have raised and spent.

[Duckhunter935]

32. her superpacs are part of her campaign

were they included?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

49. only by that much, after going against the whole establishment machine

An extraordinary campaign

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. At some point, people look at return on investment

Not the nuts, fanatics, and suckers, but ordinary people.

Bernie's return on investment is pitiful.

[imagine2015]

19. It's mainly big shot capitalists who look at Wall Street investment returns.

They don't buy CD's.

Most ordinary working class people are not heavily invested in derivatives and other exotic Wall Street money making schemes.

[George II]

23. You should check and see where Sanders' money is invested. Almost ALL on "Wall Street".

[imagine2015]

54. Why don't you post that info? It must be tens of miilions of dollars. Just like Hillary and Bill

Look forward to the hard information you will surely post.

[George II]

56. Private citizens are entitled to earn money within the law. You have a problem with that?

I notice that you and others never mention the close to $1 BILLION that the Clinton Global Initiative (Bill Clinton's foundation) has raised to help people all over the world.

Sanders' PERSONAL finances are available from the FEC website. It's curious that he had no problem filing that Personal Financial Disclosure last May but now all of a sudden he's asking for an extension. It's a simple form, takes about ten or fifteen minutes to complete. It could have easily been done sometime during those 19 hour round trip to Rome a week ago.

[KingFlorez]

29. Results = Return

Campaigns that do not get results are going to see donor money dry up.

[imagine2015]

55. Campaigns that do not get results are going to see donor money dry up." That's why Hillary is

traveling from one millionaire fund raiser to another. She's even going to Israel!

[pmorlan1]

22. If That Were True

we wouldn't have so many Hillary supporters devoted to talking about it.

[workinclasszero]

25. Bernie is over and out

Money dryin up, its over.

Now is the time for Bernie to back the nominee and help the democratic party win against Trump.

[timmymoff]

37. Bernie can back who he wants. That's one vote.

Hillary's job is to convince us she isn't the turd way candidate we think she is, that will be a hard sell.

[joshcryer]

36. Mark Penn, erm, I mean Tad Devine, is going to leave Sanders in the red.

This should disprove the pathetic notion that Sanders is using the run to fund his Senate campaign indefinitely.

[thebeautifulstruggle]

43. What would Clinton's fund raising be if she had done it the way Bernie did?

[Lil Missy]

45. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. What if hair grew on footballs.

[George II]

46. Doesn't really matter, does it?

[Lil Missy]

44. Most people are smart enough not to throw good money after bad. He's toast. n/t

[Gothmog]

47. I wonder how much of that money was raised prior to the New York primary

I am predicting that there has been a deep drop off in donations since the New York primary results.

[silvershadow]

50. Thanks for the reminder! Off to donate the max again! nt

[wysi]

52. Gee, I can't imagine why...

Math, maybe?

[imagine2015]

53. "But he is continuing to bring in large sums of money from donors making small gifts."

That kinda contradicts the post caption.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

57. you really do hate Bernie, George!

[George II]

58. That's your interpretation. If we were to compare my posts about Sanders to yours about Clinton....

.....it would be remarkable.