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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:35 AM Oct 2019

Sanders raises massive $25 million in third quarter

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) raised more than $25 million over the past three months, his presidential campaign said Tuesday, eclipsing his fundraising total from the second quarter of the year.

Sanders’s $25.3 million haul was fueled by some 1.4 million donations and bolstered by a strong final day of fundraising on Monday, which the campaign was its second-best day for donations since its launch in February.

The staggering third-quarter total, the highest reported by any Democratic presidential hopeful so far this year, could help give Sanders a boost at a time when he has seen his support in the polls wane. His chief progressive rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), has risen in recent surveys.

The latest cash haul brings the Vermont senator’s total fundraising for the year to $61.5 million, the campaign said, which does not include an additional $2.6 million transferred from other campaign accounts.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/463768-sanders-raises-253-million-in-third-quarter-campaign-says

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders raises massive $25 million in third quarter (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP

What happens to any left-over money at the end of a campaign? NurseJackie Oct 2019 #1

Harris can probably use it to run for re-election to the Senate left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 #2

I guess huge war chests are bad only when others have them? Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #3

Lol. Straw man. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2019 #5

"This is troubling for Bernie." LanternWaste Oct 2019 #6

Yellow flag? TwilightZone Oct 2019 #7

Nice gif... Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #11

How many were $2800 "grassroots" donations? nt BlueMississippi Oct 2019 #4

I really think that both Biden and Warren will smoke Bernie's haul. Blue_true Oct 2019 #9

Bernie's total likely means Biden and Warren could report up to and beyond $50 million hauls. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #8

This paragraph stood out to me. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #10

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

1. What happens to any left-over money at the end of a campaign?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:03 AM

Oct 2019

Are the candidates allowed to keep it? Or, by law, does it have to be returned... or donated?

How does that work?

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. Harris can probably use it to run for re-election to the Senate

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:11 AM

Oct 2019

I expect there are laws governing it.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

3. I guess huge war chests are bad only when others have them?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:17 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

5. Lol. Straw man.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:57 PM

Oct 2019

?noredirect

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

6. "This is troubling for Bernie."

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 03:50 PM

Oct 2019

Or something equally simplistic and without substance.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)

7. Yellow flag?

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 05:06 PM

Oct 2019

It would seem that whoever created that meme doesn't know the first thing about football. "Yellow flag" has been said by an NFL official exactly never.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

11. Nice gif...

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 2, 2019, 09:42 AM

Oct 2019

Make sure you save it for yourself later when the shoe is on the other foot, bro...

(extra credit for the ref pointing in the wrong direction)

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

BlueMississippi

(776 posts)

4. How many were $2800 "grassroots" donations? nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 02:28 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

9. I really think that both Biden and Warren will smoke Bernie's haul.

Reply to BlueMississippi (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 08:48 PM

Oct 2019

They are likely double-checking their numbers because they are likely to be eye-popping.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

8. Bernie's total likely means Biden and Warren could report up to and beyond $50 million hauls. nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 08:46 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

10. This paragraph stood out to me.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:03 PM

Oct 2019

(snip)

Sanders’s fundraising surge came at a time in the campaign season when the pace of donations typically slows down. Donors tend to focus less on the campaign in the summer months, particularly in July and August, because of vacations and the extended congressional recess.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/463768-sanders-raises-253-million-in-third-quarter-campaign-says

Thanks for the thread left of center.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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