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Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:32 PM Jun 2015

Does Bernie have access to public funding distributed by the government

if/when he makes it to the general election?

I thought I remember President Obama considering taking public funding but then he would have to swear off some sort of private campaign financing so he didn't take it ultimately. He's going to need money. Where is that going to come from?

How does he get over the money hurdle? I wouldn't have it any other way, but I would like to know what it's going to take and how he's going to get there in the general election.

Google helps. Sorry to bug you all. Should have done searched first, but it might be helpful to answer questions about campaign financing going forward. Here's a link.

http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtml

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Does Bernie have access to public funding distributed by the government (Original Post) Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 OP
Yes. Nt HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #1
thanks Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #2
I'm going with yes marym625 Jun 2015 #3
He's running entirely on pubic funding now. JeffHead Jun 2015 #4
Right. I guess I was talking about government distributed public funding. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #5

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)
4. He's running entirely on pubic funding now.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:51 PM
Jun 2015

Individual contributions from regular people averaging 43 bucks a piece. If public funding were to be made available to him from other sources he would gladly accept it.

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