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Related: About this forumThe Kochs Worst Nightmares Come True As Bernie Sanders Smashes Fundraising Records
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders announced that they have set a new all-time record with more than 2.5 million donations from more than a million Americans in 2015.
The Sanders campaign broke down the data a statement:
The 2,513,665 donations to Sanders campaign broke the record set four years ago by President Barack Obamas re-election committee. Through Dec. 31, 2011, Obama had chalked up 2,209,636 donations.
The more than 1 million donors to Sanders also is a milestone unmatched by any first-time White House candidate. Obamas millionth donor in his 2008 campaign came on Feb. 27 of that election year. (In the next election cycle, the incumbent presidents re-election campaign hit the 1-million- donors mark on Oct. 17, 2011.)
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All told, Sanders supporters gave $33,281,952 during the Federal Election Commission reporting period that ended at midnight on New Years Eve. Secretary Clintons campaign announced on Friday that she raised $37 million in the last quarter for use in the Democratic primary. The total for Sanders far surpassed donations in either of the previous two quarters of his eight-month long campaign and brought the fundraising total for 2015 to $72.8 million. Sanders ended the year with $28.4 million cash on hand.
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What is most impressive about the Sanders campaign is that they are keeping pace with the Hillary Clinton fundraising machine without super PACs or billionaires. Just before Christmas, both Democratic campaigns engaged in a bit of downplaying of expectations by telling supporters that the other side was going to raise more money.
It turns out that both campaigns raised enough money to make the Democratic primary a national contest.
The success of Bernie Sanders is the worst nightmare of the billionaires who are trying to buy our government with Citizens United-fueled dark money. Millions of ordinary Americans are rising and saying not this time to the corporations and billionaires. Sanders is demonstrating the Democrats dont have to play in the dark money cesspool to be competitive.
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The Kochs Worst Nightmares Come True As Bernie Sanders Smashes Fundraising Records (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jan 2016
OP
Wow. He has raised almost as much as Hillary has and without Super Pacs. I think the lie that
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2016
#6
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)1. K&R nt
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)2. Yay Baby - We The People...
Suck it Koch Brothers!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. K&R and thank you.
Samantha
(9,314 posts)4. Thanks for sharing this information, Uncle Joe
Recommended.
Sam
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)5. The Kochs are going to have more than nightmares when Bernie's elected.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)6. Wow. He has raised almost as much as Hillary has and without Super Pacs. I think the lie that
you have to have Super Pacs has been proven just that, a lie.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)7. Amazing What One Real Candidate Can Do...
Without a SuperPac! Bernie Needs No SuperPacs. Backpacks, NapSacks Because THE PEOPLE have #GotBerniesBack!!!
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