Dem front-runner Biden trails Buttigieg in fundraising total

[FreeState]

I think Pete competing at this level shows some people have underestimated his appeal.

https://m.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Trump-Buttigieg-escalate-cash-battle-with-14069256.php

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has raised $21.5 million since launching his White House bid in late April, his campaign said Wednesday. While Biden's haul will put him in the top tier of Democratic fundraisers, he lags behind Pete Buttigieg, a 37-year-old Indiana mayor who was virtually unknown a few months ago.


Buttigieg's campaign announced earlier in the week that he posted an eye-popping $24.8 million second-quarter haul — a stunning sum for any candidate, let alone one who is so new to the national political stage.

[bluewater]

1. Amazing level of support for Mayor Pete!

[Celerity]

2. lots of interesting things in there

Some Democratic strategists anticipated a larger fundraising number from Biden, given the connections he forged during his years as vice president and as a long-serving U.S. senator. The fact that he lagged behind expectations — and Buttigieg — will likely deepen Democratic worries that the party could be in for a prolonged primary fight at a time when President Donald Trump is making his case to voters and his reelection effort posted a massive $105 million second-quarter haul.

Sanders led Democrats in fundraising during the first quarter of the year. Faiz Shakir, his campaign manager, attributed his current position further back in the pack to his rejection of high-dollar fundraisers, which Buttigieg and Biden have embraced. Instead, Sanders' campaign is fueled by small-dollar online donations from a working-class base, he said. "It is the kind of support that we would take any day of the week over cushy, closed-door, high-dollar fundraisers in New York City, in which people eat Parmesan-encrusted salmon on a toothpick," Shakir said.

Biden is coming off several shaky weeks, including a dramatic moment on the debate stage during which he struggled to respond to pointed questions from Harris about his past positions on school busing. A member of his finance team, California attorney Thomas McInerney, withdrew his support, pointing to Biden's recent comments highlighting his work with segregationists in the Senate .

Rufus Gifford, who was finance director of President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, praised Buttigieg's moxie. "They are seizing on opportunities, they are building infrastructure, hiring staff and working their butts off," he said. A clearer picture of the race will emerge once the numbers are reported on July 15, laying bare the relative health of the candidates' campaigns. Candidates must reach 2% in at least four polls in addition to collecting contributions from at least 130,000 donors to appear on the September debate stage.

At least a dozen of the more than 20 campaigns are trying to lure in new donors to qualify for the fall round of debates. But the dry summer months, when fundraising is difficult, lie ahead. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is one of the most vulnerable candidates, in part because of his trouble raising money. He's resisting pressure from his staff to scrap his flagging presidential campaign and instead run for Senate in his home state. Fellow Coloradoan Sen. Michael Bennet said Wednesday that he raised $2.8 million, a drop compared to the totals of his rivals.

[highplainsdem]

3. Biden's total was raised in 66 days, compared to 3 months for Buttigieg.

Which I believe would make the average amount raised per day substantially higher for Biden.

Still, impressive fundraising by Mayor Pete.

[Thekaspervote]

4. A post earlier today- Biden's haul was less due to his later entry in the 2nd qrtr

[highplainsdem]

5. Since Biden's total was raised in just 66 days, he averaged nearly $60,000 more per day

than Buttigieg.

[ucrdem]

6. Oh those pesky details

Like the fact that he still leads every single reported poll . . .

[highplainsdem]

7. Yep. I posted another thread about this, since if Biden had raised money at that rate for all 91

days in the quarter, he'd have raised nearly $30 million.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287188851

[ucrdem]

8. He has been the top DU Act Blue recipient here the last few times I've checked

Here are the latest Biden figures: