Democratic Primaries

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2019, 04:31 PM Sep 2019

Bernie Sanders has 1 million donors [View all]

Bernie Sanders' campaign announced Thursday it has now received contributions from over 1 million individual donors.

"With 1 million contributors, this is the only Democratic campaign that has more supporters than Donald Trump," said campaign manager Faiz Shakir. "Our strength is in numbers, and that is why Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is able to say his campaign will rely only on grassroots funding in both the primary and against Donald Trump."

Sanders reached the milestone seven months after he announced his candidacy in February, faster than any candidate ever.

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According to the campaign, Sanders "continues to be the only Democratic candidate with more individual contributions than Donald Trump."

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-has-one-million-donors/

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Bernie Sanders has 1 million donors [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2019 OP

Surely someone has a way to say a MILLION donors means nothing! Right? bluewater Sep 2019 #1

Thank you bluewater. Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #2

Not nothing. But, 200,000,000 registered voters alone. Hortensis Sep 2019 #67

The Elizabeth Warren supporters on DU are classy people ritapria Sep 2019 #3

They sure are!! Can't wait until we join forces!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2019 #29

Yes they are. CentralMass Sep 2019 #57

Thanks for the post, Uncle Joe. HerbChestnut Sep 2019 #4

That list downloaded from DNC's servers was useful afterall. nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #5

Just when you thought people couldn't possibly spin one of our candidates... HerbChestnut Sep 2019 #6

It's a swing and a miss... it's hard to try and spin one million unique individual donors as bad. bluewater Sep 2019 #10

Almost as hard as trying to spin losing voters to another candidate as good. ehrnst Sep 2019 #27

This is a happy occassion! bluewater Sep 2019 #41

Don't WORRY, be HAPPY! ehrnst Sep 2019 #61

+1000. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2019 #24

Thanks for the reminder. MasonDreams Sep 2019 #52

Jimmy Carter didn't download the list from DNC nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #60

That is impressive. Aaron Pereira Sep 2019 #7

They did last time. They had a seat at the table, sheshe2 Sep 2019 #16

Why? What good purpose would that serve? Why would this time be different from the last? NurseJackie Sep 2019 #68

Sorry. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #8

It's one million unique individual donors. bluewater Sep 2019 #9

I asked a question that I did not know the answer to. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #13

No problem. It's easy to miss the first line of an OP sometimes bluewater Sep 2019 #20

You know what? sheshe2 Sep 2019 #51

I actually do misread things all the time myself, no snark intended. bluewater Sep 2019 #53

Thanks. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #55

You did. bluewater Sep 2019 #56

thanks. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #58

An impressive milestone that demonstrates the broad grassroots movement! Joe941 Sep 2019 #66

a big +1 myohmy2 Sep 2019 #11

I thought that line was most telling as well myohmy. Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #21

As of June 30... OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #12

Now you've done it! BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #14

Thanks for making it obvious. bluewater Sep 2019 #18

Some people's sarcasm monitor is off nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #47

indeed. bluewater Sep 2019 #50

Bernie has added an addiitional 255k donors since June 30 ritapria Sep 2019 #15

That's at a nice clip ritapria. Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #17

This is qualifying. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #19

And more donors than Biden/Warren combined in states that went red in '16! floppyboo Sep 2019 #22

Through June 30 (2Q19) he listed only 28,000 donors. Who are all of these other? George II Sep 2019 #23

Candidates had to have at least 60,000 individual donors to qualify for the June debate. bluewater Sep 2019 #25

I've seen that before. That's a map of "estimated" donors based on a number of assumptions.... George II Sep 2019 #28

June was a long time ago, at least in primary terms. Agschmid Sep 2019 #30

60,000 unique donors needed for first debate in June, 130,000 needed for the September Debate bluewater Sep 2019 #31

I wonder why he hasn't reported all of those donors to the FEC. George II Sep 2019 #34

Apparently they all have reported to the DNC though for the debates. bluewater Sep 2019 #39

Not at all, but apparently you're accusing me of accusing the DNC of flim flamming us. George II Sep 2019 #42

Not at all. Just wondering why you kept repeating 28,000 when the DNC certified much more than that. bluewater Sep 2019 #49

Do you really think HerbChestnut Sep 2019 #33

What's that old saying? bluewater Sep 2019 #35

That's all he's reported to the FEC, Herb. He has a huge amount designated as "unitemized".... George II Sep 2019 #36

Are you saying the DNC didn't have a way to check the number of unique donors for the debates? bluewater Sep 2019 #38

I don't know what he gave to the DNC, but it's a matter of public record what he gave to the FEC. George II Sep 2019 #43

I am sure it is. As I am sure everyone had 60,000 unique donors for the June debate, minimum. bluewater Sep 2019 #44

Why do you keep questioning my trust in the DNC? Twice now that you've made a comment like that. George II Sep 2019 #45

Just asking if you believe the DNC when they certified 60,000 unique donors for the June debate. bluewater Sep 2019 #48

Meh. NurseJackie Sep 2019 #26

I'll call your Meh and raise you two WOAH's. bluewater Sep 2019 #37

. George II Sep 2019 #46

Excellent news!! Thanks, as always, for the info Uncle Joe... InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2019 #32

Go Bernie! StrictlyRockers Sep 2019 #40

Very impressive! Sanders clearly has a strong base of support. Politicub Sep 2019 #54

One million American donors? ecstatic Sep 2019 #59

... NurseJackie Sep 2019 #69

Historic. Great news. Nanjeanne Sep 2019 #62

And.............. Butterflylady Sep 2019 #63

Now, if only he could figure out a way to get voters... brooklynite Sep 2019 #64

... NurseJackie Sep 2019 #70

Too bad he has a hard ceiling of below 25% of actual Democratic *VOTERS* scheming daemons Sep 2019 #65