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Democratic Primaries

brooklynite

(94,613 posts) Wed Oct 16, 2019, 03:08 PM Oct 2019

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A personal observation about Biden's fundraising...

In 2016, the big dollar donors that I engage with maxed out to Clinton on the day she announced, as did my wife and I. This time, most of them have left their wallets closed (other than some marginal contributions to help candidates get on the debate stage) waiting for the field to clear out. None of my friends have hosted a Biden event or invited me to one. What that says though, is that Biden is not seen as the "obvious" establishment choice.

Biden is focusing his fundraising on high dollar donors while focusing on traditional bulking up on paid staffers. The problem is that he's drawing from a small pool of high dollar donors, which are likely already maxed out at this point.If he can't show more success in polling, or small dollar fundraising, he may be in serious trouble going in to the new year.

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

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A personal observation about Biden's fundraising... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2019 OP

Last presidential cycle there were not more than a dozen contenders. Poeraria Oct 2019 #1

And many small donors, many here, donated to more than one candidate question everything Oct 2019 #2

Sanders stomped Hillary in '16..in fund raising. Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #3

So far, Hillary's 2016 pace is stomping Biden as well... brooklynite Oct 2019 #4

Poeraria

(219 posts)

1. Last presidential cycle there were not more than a dozen contenders.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 03:18 PM

Oct 2019

As the field narrows, dollars will be focused on the most likely few.

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

question everything

(47,488 posts)

2. And many small donors, many here, donated to more than one candidate

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 03:50 PM

Oct 2019

so it is hard to keep going back to the same donors.

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

Thekaspervote

(32,778 posts)

3. Sanders stomped Hillary in '16..in fund raising.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 04:14 PM

Oct 2019

I will leave it there

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

brooklynite

(94,613 posts)

4. So far, Hillary's 2016 pace is stomping Biden as well...

Reply to Thekaspervote (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 04:26 PM

Oct 2019

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

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