Sanders campaign reports raising $33M in fourth quarter, has $28M in bank against Clinton

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Source: newser



Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has now collected $73 million for the primaries through a powerful online fundraising apparatus that should help him compete with Clinton deep into spring. His haul will allow him to spend money at a comparable rate with Clinton, who raised $37 million since the beginning of October and $112 million during 2015 for her primary campaign.

"This people-powered campaign is revolutionizing American politics," said Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, in a statement. "What we are showing is that we can run a strong, national campaign without a super PAC and without depending on millionaires and billionaires for their support. We are making history, and we are proud of it."

Clinton is the Democratic front-runner in national polls, but Sanders remains within striking distance against her in Iowa, which holds its caucuses on Feb. 1. Sanders is hoping to surprise Clinton in Iowa and then use his New England ties to defeat her in the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9, where polls have shown him with a slight advantage.

The campaign finance estimates indicate that Sanders should have the resources to mount an effective challenge: His campaign said it had $28.4 million in the bank at the end of 2015.

Read more: http://www.newser.com/article/61a454427376417e984c3bfcd781a69e/sanders-campaign-reports-raising-33m-in-fourth-quarter-has-28m-in-bank-against-clinton.html

[onehandle]

1. Hillary raised tens of millions more from liberal PACs backing her up.

And the cash will fade for Senator Sanders come February, end in March.

[Ellipsis]

2. Crystal ball.. or wishful thinking?

[onehandle]

6. They added 40m to her bottom line last quarter.

My guess is 50-60 million this time.

They report after the candidate.

[Ellipsis]

12. Hillary Clinton’s campaign raised $55 million in the latest fundraising quarter

Hillary Clinton's campaign announced Friday that it raised $55 million in the final fundraising period of 2015, and $112 million in primary-election funds for the year. Clinton brought in $37 million in money specifically for use in the primary during the fourth quarter of 2015.

Clinton also raised $3 million for the general election. Her annual total is the most for any non-incumbent in a non-election year and roughly equal to what President Obama raised as a sitting president ahead of the 2012 election, the campaign said.

The totals are further evidence of the Democratic front-runner's fund-raising muscle, despite public fretting from her campaign that the numbers might slip or that challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders might out-raise her.

The campaign had set a 2015 goal of $100 million for use during the primary period. The campaign exceeded that, leaving about $38 million in the bank.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/01/hillary-clintons-campaign-raised-55-million-in-the-latest-fundraising-quarter/

[roguevalley]

15. liberal pacs is the new word for fucking billionaire corporatists who want ten back for every one

they give

[Ellipsis]

17. My retort was to... "and the cash will fade for Senator Sanders come February, end in March."

I don't disagree with you.

[Duval]

40. I don't either! eom

[roguevalley]

62. for the cash fading, I don't think so, Ellispsis. :D

[azmom]

4. Hillary is a corporate puppet.

of course she's got more money.

[Helen Borg]

16. Ain't that something to be proud of?

Lotsa bribe money!

[daleanime]

24. +1

[cali]

19. bwahaha. More like corporate Pacs

[azmom]

3. That is amazing.

#UnidosConBernie

[Le Taz Hot]

5. $73 million --

all in small donations. That is absolutely unprecedented! Wow! And, he's not burning through his funds like Hillary is.

[MADem]

7. How much of that goes to general election downticket races? Any of it?

I wouldn't call that amount "just short" of what Clinton raised. She raked in 55 million, 37 for herself and the balance to the downticket contests.

Is that his full amount? Or is there more not mentioned that's earmarked for DNC distribution?

[virtualobserver]

21. Why would we we give money to the DNC? So that DWS could favor Florida Republicans?

[George II]

27. Democratic Presidential candidates generally raise money for lesser candidates....

....who will be on the ballot. That is the way it has worked for decades.

And if (doubtful) he gets elected he's going to expect those other Democratic candidates/Representatitves/Senators to support him?

He and his campaign and his supporters have a lot to learn how this works. Sadly he's operating in a vacuum or his own world.

[intersectionality]

35. And the DNC bubble is better?

they've actively not supported candidates in competitive districts. Particularly progressive candidates.

[virtualobserver]

41. So what you are saying is, if he doesn't funnel enough money to them.....

If he is elected, they will forget their responsibility to the American people, and will not support him.

[George II]

44. It's not "funneling", it's supporting the organization whose resources they're using to be....

....elected, and the funds are raised outside of the candidate's (Hillary Clinton) campaign committee.

Unfortunately we have many people here on DU who don't understand how this all works. But they sure will have denigrating comments about it.

That's why Sanders is mired in the mid-20s in the polls of most states.

[virtualobserver]

45. you are playing games with words

What you said is if he does not give them money, they will not support him if he is elected.

That would be ignoring their responsibility to the people.

[George II]

48. Again you don't get it - he's not GIVING them money, he's raising money for them. Just about....

....every other Presidential candidates do that. What makes him so special and exalted that he can't help the organization whose resources he's using.

Says a lot about him.

[virtualobserver]

50. more word games from you

You said that Democrats would not support their elected President unless they got money. Raised or "given".

[Ellipsis]

47. ...just like the world. Bernies has plenty of time to create/renew/revisit relationships.

He NEEDS iowa and NH to get him to the next phase... whatever that maybe.

[Duckfan]

52. Not true

I worked for a U.S. Senate candidate in Oregon in 1990. DNC turned him down for $$support. And he was an unknown. But had strong support from dem's and progressives.

[George II]

59. The DNC isn't the only organization that supports local candidates. I never said they were.

Many candidates who have large war chests and virtually uncontested elections contribute what they can to candidates around the country who are being out spent.

I still find it amazing that so many people in this discussion (not necessarily you) are so naive to the way campaigns are funded.

[Laser102]

60. I have no idea why he became a Democrat. He has no respect for our party.

[neverforget]

64. Yeah, just caucusing, voting with Democrats and for the Congressional Democratic leaders

his entire time in Congress. Other than that, he has no respect for the Democratic Party.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

65. Oh boohoo. nt

[MADem]

63. smh. nt

[SoapBox]

8. Way to go Berners!

This is fantastic.

And we owe Omaha Steve a big kudos as well!

Go Bernie!

Go Berners!

[azmom]

9. Yes, we do. Thank you Omaha Steve.

[Proserpina]

10. Neener Neener response from Hillary in 3...2...

oh, well. Guess there's time to do some housework, sudoku, and read Moby Dick while we wait.

[Ellipsis]

13. Bread making and bookeeping for me

[Plucketeer]

11. Yeah - let's poo-poo it

Dame Hillary's got more ammo. And just like Bernie, hers comes strictly from the people - supreme court even said so!

[Proserpina]

14. Oh, you naughty naughty truth-teller

So they did.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. This looks good!

[George II]

20. I wonder how much he raised for state and local Democratic Parties, if any?

[TekGryphon]

22. None.

[George II]

25. No surprise - he's not what they call a "team player" - it's all about him.

[hueymahl]

31. Such horseshit

"All about him." If there has ever been a candidate that is "all about me" that is HRC in a nutshell. Only one that exceeds her self absorbsion is Trump.

[George II]

34. Well, in the 4th Quarter Clinton raised $18M for other Democratic candidates, Sanders $0.

And yet Sanders wants full access to the Democratic Party resources.

[intersectionality]

37. If the DNC wasn't controlling the purse strings of the party

The party wouldn't be stuck in slow motion. They even prevented him from accessing his own data until it was pointed out they were in violation of their own contract. The abandonment of the 50 state solution is much more indicative of how they squander money versus "distributing" to dem candidates. When the 18 million goes further than the DNC's chosen ones let me know.

[George II]

53. Sadly you have no concept about how that $18M will be helping State committees or local candidates.

[intersectionality]

67. I don't but you pretending you do is a sad sad

Claim to knowledge you don't have.

[hueymahl]

39. What is your source?

It is my understanding she can't raise money directly - she just appears at events.

But that was not what I was calling horsrshit on - it was the insinuation that Hillary was doing anything other than looking out for herself while Bernie am was the selfish one. It is the exact opposite.

[Duckfan]

55. Now we're pulling stuff out of thin air. Wow.

[Larkspur]

26. I'm a DTC Chair in CT and my state and federal officials and candidates do not raise money for us

directly.

Some of them do attend our fundraising events, which helps if they give us enough lead time to purchase local ads advertising their attendance at our event. Some don't tell us until the day of the event that they are coming, so it's impossible to advertise to Democrats in the region.

[George II]

29. In some states that's true, but the state and federal candidates do raise money for....

....the State Democratic Party, which then supports candidates locally and state-wide.

Connecticut is different, however, as far as candidates for State office (Representatives, Senators, and Constitutional officers) are concerned, because most of them now participate in CEP.

[Larkspur]

33. CT has the toughest state campain finance laws in the natiion

That's why the federal and state candidates can not directly donate to town committees. However, if they are members of their local DTC's, they can contribute as individuals. They can also setup state PAC's that can contribute to DTCs, but those PACs are separate from their campaigns and most don't want the scrutiny or risk having a bad or incompetent treasurer run that PAC.

[TekGryphon]

23. Hillary raised $18 million for down-ticket races, Bernie raised $0.00

If I wanted to move America to the left, I know who I'd be supporting.

[Larkspur]

28. Hillary is a sock puppet for Wall Street

How many of those down ticket Democrats are Corporcrats?

Also, she can't raise money for them directly. All she can do is be a guest speaker at an event. If local and state parties and candidates don't invite Bernie to be a guest speaker at their event, don't blame Bernie.

Didn't Bernie attend Iowa's JJB dinner? If he did, then he raise money foe the state Iowa Democratic Party. If he attended any state party fundraising event, then Bernie did help raise money for that state's Democratic Party.

[George II]

42. Clinton did raise money directly through a PAC that she set up this year strictly for the purpose...

...of raising money for the National and State Democratic committees. That committee raised $18M in the 4th quarter over and above attending state fundraising events.

(btw, you made the same mistake I do frequently - our dinner is the only one called "JJB" (B being for Bailey), I get corrected all the time for that!)

[virtualobserver]

46. What is the name of the PAC?

[George II]

51. Something like "Hillary Victory Fund", which does NOT refer to her own candidacy, but....

....it's a fund to help OTHER Democrats to be victorious. It was set up specifically to support other Democratic candidates.

Of course, just from the discussions here, nothing she does is good even if it is good, and nothing Sanders does is bad even if it is bad.

[Larkspur]

68. Considering the damage the Clintons have done to the Democratic Party

raising funds for Clintonista candidates is how she thinks she's doing the Dem Party a favor.

I'm still not fan of the Clintons.

[Thinkingabout]

30. Without a supporting team don't expect to get an agenda accomplished

Hillary knows the importance in having the supporting team.

[Punkingal]

36. Yep, she sure does. Wall Street, Big Banks. MIC, etc.

[Thinkingabout]

56. You are right, she has an agenda she wants to get into place.

She understands the value of working with members of Congress to get her agenda accomplished.

BTW, getting some new regulations into place such as beefing up Dodd Frank and invoking the Volcker rule so if the banks start faltering will break them up.

[Amimnoch]

43. Really. If only he had a congress that would work with him,

he might actually be worth supporting.

Unfortunately St. Bernard isn't running for King of America, or Despot of America. We still have a Representative Republic, and all his promises are worthless without a Senate or house to make them happen. Also unfortunate for him, there is no version of the 115th congress that will possibly make the promises he's making a reality..

Therefore he's either lying to his supporters with false promises, or a fool.

[Thinkingabout]

57. Very true, having a Democratic base from bottom to top will help

Democratic ideas to become reality, good reason why Hillary is fund raising to give to the DNC to get more Democrats elected.

[madokie]

54. What I have to say about that is

I don't want any of what Hillary is selling, sorry

[Thinkingabout]

58. Wow, no minimun wage increases?

[George II]

32. Interesting excerpt from the Washington Post report on this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/02/bernie-sanders-raises-more-than-33-million-in-latest-fundraising-quarter/

"While Clinton has coordinated with the National Democratic Committee to raise an additional $18 million, Sanders has not replicated those efforts, despite an arrangement with the national party that allows him to do so."

[Laser102]

61. A few pesky facts. Good for you George II.

[Duval]

38. Alll riiiight!! I knew we could do it!

GO BERNIE GO!

[daybranch]

66. now is time to spend on mass media ads for Bernie.

Now is time to make yard signs for Bernie by volunteers. Lets get the message out, Bernie cannot be bought! This is grass roots- make our own signs and let him spend money on ads. We are for democracy- hear us now!