$182 million: Bernie Sanders equals Hillary Clinton's campaign fundraising

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Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)For Bernie Sanders, slow and steady wins the fundraising race.

The Vermont senator began his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination last year with a sizable financial disadvantage compared to front-runner Hillary Clinton. By the end of last June, Sanders had raised just shy of $14 million for his campaign, less than a third of the $47.5 million Clinton had raised for hers.

But the Sanders campaign slowly and steadily eroded the former secretary of state's fundraising advantage. Sanders slightly edged Clinton in contributions in 2015's fourth quarter, but his fundraising operation didn't kick into high gear until 2016. His campaign has outraised Clinton's every month this year by at least 50%. In March alone, "Bernie 2016" received $44.7 million in contributions, compared to $26.3 million for "Hillary for America."

Now, Sanders and Clinton are essentially even in total campaign contributions, with each campaign bringing in more than $180 million for their bids by the end of March.

more at link

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/2016-bernie-sanders-fundraising-hillary-clinton/

[msongs]

1. 2.7 million votes and 200+delegates behind. somebody is not getting his $$'s worth nt

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3. Oh? Is the primary over already? Are you calling it? nt

[merrily]

5. Clueless, bitter meme. Cheer up: She gets MUCH more dark money than he does, thanks to Citizens

United, which she intends to do away with as soon as she's finished benefiting from it.

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10. I saw a hilarious meme today that said something like

she'll break top the big banks just as soon as their checks clear!

[merrily]

11. No, not break them up. Just tell them to cut it out.

Her husband lobbied for the laws that allowed banksters to orgasm our economy into the tank with crap mortgage dervatives while they got too big for us not to bail them out--and then she voted for the bailout.

Perfect storm.

[bigbrother05]

27. This is the piece that is ignored, suspect this funds most of the anti-Sanders crap

[newthinking]

41. Yep: And her 1 Million $$ social media trolling funds

is only needed because her mass of followers don't use social media and they need help to clear things up....



http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511805041

[Gene Debs]

18. How much do you figure it costs to keep Debbie Wasserman Schultz's thumb on the scale?

[leftofcool]

22. How much did it cost to go to Rome and how much will he have to pay back?

[frylock]

36. Still wadded up over that?

[Art_from_Ark]

2. Wait a minute

Didn't a bunch of Hillary supporters ramble on and on about how Bernie didn't stand a chance because he couldn't possibly outraise Hillary's Big Money Machine with just his small-time donors?

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4. She's in a pickle now isn't she? Hard to explain why the big money donors were even needed. nt

[merrily]

7. Not hard so much as possbily embarrassing. Please see Reply 5.

[TM99]

9. Oh yes, they did.

But now they deflect from that uncomfortable truth by trying to imply he is a grifter for taking our money when it is so apparent that he has already lost. We are just in the stages of denial of death so we can see it.

[merrily]

12. Damned if he does; damned if he doesn't.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. Swarms attack from all sides

[silvershadow]

8. Welcome to DU. nt

[JDPriestly]

13. Good for Bernie!

[FarPoint]

14. I just wonder how much of his money comes from republican billionaire donors?

I can see republicans front loading Sanders campaign for their self serving future needs. Do anything they can to diminish the cohesiveness of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton.

[Ed Suspicious]

17. Good try, bad result. 4 out of 10 for slipping on the dismount.

[ReRe]

19. You wish

[leftofcool]

21. Sort of like that mysterious 10 million from DC? I wonder how much the FEC is making him pay back?

[liberalnarb]

24. That would be none... $0

Thats gotta be the funniest thing I've read all day

[onehandle]

26. They have funded backrooms full of social media 'experts.'

Started in 2000 with the Greens.

They Facebook, Twitter, post on discussion forums, etc...

[frylock]

38. mmm-hmmmm

Tell yourself whatever you have to.

[Unicorn]

16. So people either like Bernie a whole lot, or really don't like Hillary at all, or both so contribute

double.

I'm in the both category.

I figure half of us progressives are - which explains that 50% higher than Hillary each month.

I have to go to bed. Sleepy typing is as bad as drunk typing. Good night DU.

[ReRe]

20. Down goes Hillary!

The People, united, will never be defeated. We are legion.

[BeanMusical]

23. Kick and R

[onehandle]

25. Could have been a Hell of a 'Take back the House' fund.

But, no. Went full unicorn.

[frylock]

39. So now people owe the Party their money as well as their vote?

fts

[ananda]

28. Sanders is the heart of the people ..

.. who still have hearts.

[Cryptoad]

29. Just goes to prove,,,,

it takes more than money to win elections.

[malokvale77]

30. A little election rigging helps.

[MyNameGoesHere]

31. So does a bad candidate

with a one horse platform.

[frylock]

40. #I'mWithHER

Giddyup

[SoapBox]

32. The 99% want Bernie...

The 1% want Hill.

Go Bernie!

Go Berners!

[beastie boy]

33. One more excuse why Bernie is losing gone. Actually, he is outspending Hillary almost 2 to 1

He is "berning" through his money like there is no tomorrow.

And for Bernie, there isn't. He has nothing to look forward to or spend on beyond the primaries.

[Plucketeer]

42. I don't send Bernie money

with the hopes that he'll start a savings acct. I'm looking for a real revolution. Hill's backers are looking for ROI.

[beastie boy]

44. Good for you! But, no matter how you look at it,

you know you are giving him money to feed the media mogul one percents. And he is doing it at the rate twice that of Hillary, while losing the popular vote.

You may be paying for a revolution, but you ain't getting any. You are feeding the rich.

Bait and switch, baby, bait and switch.

[Plucketeer]

46. What choice does he...... WE..... really have?

I could send NO funds to anyone and, I guess, gloat about my savvy outmaneuvering. I'll wait for your wisdom.

[beastie boy]

47. The chioce is simple.

Acknowledge that he is losing to Hillary despite outspending her 2 to 1.

I don't really care what you do with your money. My post was about Bernie, how he spends it and that he can't use it as an excuse for losing in the primaries.

[Plucketeer]

48. You resign yourself

I'll keep fighting.

[frylock]

35. Something something Jeff Weaver.

[frylock]

37. WTF, Maddi?!

You're really starting to piss me off!

[silvershadow]

43. That is some glass-of-cola-through-the-nose funny stuff right there! ROTFLOL nt

[winter is coming]

45. No wonder Camp Weathervane is pressing so hard for Bernie to withdraw.

Being out-fundraised by a fringe candidate can't look very impressive to the superdelegates.

[silvershadow]

49. Right? I caught a drastic change in the wind this morning when I caught just a few minutes

of campaign stuff on the tv as I was on my way out the door. It sounds like Bernie is trying to stake a claim to being the de facto front runner (which in all actuality he probably is). I am donating again to the campaign later this evening.

[Metric System]

52. In no way, shape or form in this dimension is Bernie the de facto front runner.

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53. Nor has Hillary ever been. nt

[Metric System]

54. The candidate leading in pledged delegates is ALWAYS considered the front-runner.

[silvershadow]

55. This entire primary has been fraught with one irregularity after another, and her

claim is actually dubious. We intend to challenge it all the way to convention.

[Metric System]

57. The only irregularity for Sanders supporters is that they can't accept that more of us prefer HRC.

[silvershadow]

58. You wish. Well documented. Check the post with the list. You know, the one your side

keeps pretending isn't there.

[Major Hogwash]

50. It was obvious from the start that he wouldn't just give up and go away.

And that's why Brock has been given a couple of million dollars to launch their latest project, "Puppets for Hillary", their online attempt to swarm the internet with memes of how great Hillary is . . the Clinton way.

It won't work, but Geppetto would be proud.

[Metric System]

51. If he wasn't already one, this campaign must have made Tad Devine a 1%er.

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56. And only Bernie is running on a platform of making this the last election with

crazy money.

[A Little Weird]

59. Amazing what can happen when voters are given an inspiring candidate

When your strategy is "hey vote for me because at least I'm not as bad as the republican" it's no wonder people don't contribute their hard-earned money.