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Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 05:05 PM Dec 2015

Bernie Sanders Breaks Fundraising Record

He's berning up the fundraising milestones
Bernie Sanders has broken the fundraising record for most contributions at this point in a presidential campaign, surpassing 2.3 million donations.

According to a Dec. 20 post on Sanders’ campaign website, the previous record-holder was Barack Obama, who had logged 2,209,636 donations by Dec. 31, 2011 during his reelection bid. Many of these contributions are from small donors: according to the Sanders website, the average donation that came in during the third Democratic debate on Saturday was less than $25.

Sanders raised more than $26 million in the third quarter of 2015, according to the New York Times.

As TIME’s Sam Frizell reported in September after learning of strong fundraising numbers for the Vermont Senator, “Sanders routinely points to his average donation size and number of contributors as evidence that he is building a grassroots ‘political revolution.'”



http://time.com/4157904/bernie-sanders-fundraising-donations-record/
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Bernie Sanders Breaks Fundraising Record (Original Post) Bubzer Dec 2015 OP
So he is! PatrickforO Dec 2015 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #2
Bernie!! AzDar Dec 2015 #3
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #4
Sanders is supported by the wealthiest Democrats Renew Deal Dec 2015 #5
Average donation $25 bucks---2,200,000 different donations panader0 Dec 2015 #6
the wealthiest in terms of wisdom and heart. nt retrowire Dec 2015 #8
He is! zentrum Dec 2015 #7

PatrickforO

(14,593 posts)
1. So he is!
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 05:13 PM
Dec 2015

Good for Bernie.

Good for us.

Bad for big corporations and lobbyists, which again is..............good for us!

panader0

(25,816 posts)
6. Average donation $25 bucks---2,200,000 different donations
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 06:25 PM
Dec 2015

The wealthy contribute to Hillary. Or was this sarcasm?

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