Sanders hauls in eye-popping $18.2M in first quarter

[highplainsdem]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/436884-sanders-campaign-says-it-raised-182-million-in-first-quarter-of-2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign raised $18.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, his advisers said Tuesday, a massive sum that is likely to put the progressive firebrand among the top fundraisers of the early 2020 primary season.

Sanders, who announced his second bid for the White House in February, has already proven to be an adept fundraiser, raising nearly $6 million in the first 24 hours after launching his campaign. By the end of his first week on the trail, he had raised $10 million.

Sanders's campaign manager, Faiz Shakir said the senator's first quarter fundraising total was powered by roughly 900,000 individual donations with an average contribution size of $20, a number that Sanders is likely to highlight given an increasing focus on grassroots giving in Democratic politics. Shakir said 525,000 individuals gave to the campaign.

The fundraising total announced by Sanders’s campaign Tuesday surpasses the amount he raised in the first months of his 2016 presidential bid. That year, he reported bringing in $15.2 million from April 30, the day he launched his campaign, to June 30.

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Posting it here because it's DP news.

I still wouldn't support Bernie unless I had no choice, unless he was the nominee.

But it's an impressive total.

[Gato malo]

1. 10 million the first week, 8 million the remaining five weeks

I wonder why it slowed down so much.

[highplainsdem]

2. Because it's mostly his base who were waiting for him to run again.

[WeekiWater]

3. He has been maintaining and building his national fundraising list for over six years.

He hasn't stopped running for President since he announced his 2016 campaign. This is what should be expected from a career politician looking to advance themselves.

[BlueFlorida]

4. He kept the mailing lists taken from DNC

against DNC rules and didn't surrender after the campaign.

Having a handy list of donors with emails always gives people a good head start.

A lot of other candidates had not even announced yet so people gave.

Now they'll have to compete and the tax return story won't help.

[highplainsdem]

6. It would be nice to see the tax returns. He said Sunday he just has to dot the I's and cross

the T's. We'll see how long that takes him.

I suspect that since he's waited this long, there's a lot in those returns that he doesn't want made public.

[BlueFlorida]

8. Why would he have to do any writing at all?

All he has to do is redact address and SSNs then scan and post.

There is no dotting the isi's and crossing the t's involved. That line itself is disingenuous.

[katmondoo]

5. Maybe he can buy a second vacation home

[BlueFlorida]

10. You mean third

he already has his primary plus two vacation homes correct?

[workinclasszero]

11. Wow!

Go Bernie!!