Joe Biden Tops Bernie Sanders' First-Day Fundraising Tally

[Uncle Joe]

Biden’s $6.3-million tally, however, came from a lot fewer donors than Sanders’ tally—and it included a high-dollar fundraiser held Thursday night.

“That’s more than any other presidential campaign so far,” boasted a note to supporters. The campaign said that 97 percent of online donations were under $200 and that the average online donation was $41. Additionally, they said that a total of 96,926 people contributed.

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Biden’s overall figure is greater than the single-day totals from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), who previously held the top-two highest 24-hour fundraising totals. However, Biden’s tally came from significantly fewer donors than Sanders’ and included the high-dollar event.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-tops-bernie-sanders-first-day-fundraising-tally

Bernie crushes 2020 Democratic field in first-day money chase

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The Vermont senator rakes in $5.9 million in the first 24 hours.

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Sanders brought in more than $5.9 million from more than 220,000 donors in the 24 hours since he announced his presidential candidacy, according to his campaign. He easily eclipsed other announced 2020 candidates’ first-day fundraising figures — as well as his own in 2015, when he raked in more than $1.5 million online in the first 24 hours.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/20/bernie-sanders-2020-first-day-fundraising-money-1176072

220000 - 96,926 = 123, 074 that's how many more Americans were willing to donate their money to Bernie over Joe and of course part of Joe's funding comes from that high dollar event.

[honest.abe]

1. I wonder how many Bernie dollars were from Republicans?

Never forget Operation Chaos.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I wonder how many of Joe's dollars came from Republicans?

[Gothmog]

5. The GOP is scared of Biden

trump is scared of Biden

[Uncle Joe]

8. Why?

Joe has never won a single primary in two attempts at the Presidency.

[George II]

12. Biden has never lost a single primary.

[DownriverDem]

19. So

That was then and this is now. Biden is a strong Democrat. I support him.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Riiiight... so you advocate throwin tRump into the briar patch, against his feigned pleading not to.

I say, no, throw him into the "Bernie Lion's Den" where the Racist-in-Chief will get eaten alive!! That's what you do!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
to the revolution!!!

[louis c]

9. Who cares. Let's take the White House and both branches of Congress...

...then we can debate what laws should be changed.

until then, I don't want to fight with one hand tied behind our backs.

Any Democratic primary candidate who refuses donations because they're too large doesn't have my support in the primary if my chosen candidate get knocked out.

how foolish. Trump can raise all he wants, from whomever he wants, have all the dark money he wants and our candidate is going to limited.

Fuck that.

[Uncle Joe]

14. "Fighting with one hand tied behind your back" is precisely what Joe is doing.

Having 150 million dollars didn't do squat for Jeb Bush and he was a "safe Republican."

Inside Jeb Bush's $150 Million Failure

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/jeb-bush-dropping-out-set-up-to-fail-213662

The message comes first and if it resonates the money follows.

[louis c]

17. These are the numbers that matter to me...

...and not nominating Biden will be like fighting Trump with one hand tied behind our backs. I want the focus in the General Election to be on getting Trump out of office, not explaining fucking Socialism.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/general_election/

[DownriverDem]

20. We don't

attack our own here.

[Uncle Joe]

22. Tell that to the first post on this thread.

[honest.abe]

32. How is my comment an attack?

Its a legitimate question and I suspect there are many Republicans donating to Bernie to create turmoil.

[Uncle Joe]

33. I asked the same question as you and it was referred to as an attack,

take it up with post # 20.

[honest.abe]

35. Its not an attack regardless.

Joe may have some Republican donors but I would suspect most of those are legit. Bernie's?.. not so sure.

[Uncle Joe]

37. Bernie's first day total of 220,000 donors would make it nearly impossible

that some weren't Republicans, that doesn't equate to some nefarious scheme.

As you have absolutely no evidence to the contrary except your own subjective speculation, your post was an attack.

[honest.abe]

39. Sure its speculation but a valid concern considering what happened in 2016.

Its not an attack.

[louis c]

24. Too Many Sanders' supporters don't consider themselves Democrats...

...so, we really aren't one of them.

[Uncle Joe]

34. The vast majority of Bernie's support, (that last time I checked 74%) comes from Democrats. n/t

[George II]

36. Is it bad to have republican supporters? Just today:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1296791

[Uncle Joe]

38. I haven't seen that thread before but thanks George.

[Gothmog]

3. YeH

Link to tweet

[stonecutter357]

4. good

[Gothmog]

6. I was a first day donor

[DownriverDem]

21. Me too

I was waiting for him to announce and donated $50.00 to Joe.

[Lefta Dissenter]

27. Lol

Proud to say that I helped to bring the average donation down. I couldn’t afford to give much, but wanted to add to the first-day tally.

He was my fourth candidate to donate to, so I’ll probably wait for the debates to narrow down the choices and set up a recurring donation (small as it may be).

[doompatrol39]

7. Helps to have friends in high places...

Don't really care about using Sanders as a metric, but the "significantly fewer donors" is not exactly a selling point to a lot of people.

[WeekiWater]

10. Biden absolutely crushed it.

And according to the NYT he was at a serious disadvantage when compared to O'Rourke and Sander. Even with the disadvantage he top the field.

Sanders, after campaigning for President for years, came in third when it comes to first day hauls. I honestly would have never expected that.

[George II]

11. Is that 220,000 donORS or 220,000 donATIONS? Also, don't forget, at that "high dollar event"....

....no one could contribute more than the FEC maximum of $2800.

[Uncle Joe]

16. I believe the OP spells it out clearly, first day donors. n/t

[George II]

28. The reason I ask is that there have been other numbers floated out there, and reports are...

....that it was "nearly 150,000 individuals", which is about two thirds of 220,000.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bernie-sanders-has-highest-first-day-fundraising-of-any-2020-candidate-2019-02-20

Many made multiple contribution on February 19. In fact, one person made 60 individual contributions on that day which maxed him out at the $2800 limit for the year. That's one way to keep the "number" of contributions up and the "average" contribution down.

[Uncle Joe]

30. Your article is only regarding the first 12 hours, the OP is comparing 24 hours. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

18. P.S. How many people were at the high dollar event?

[DownriverDem]

23. I doubt if you care

right?

[Uncle Joe]

26. I asked because I didn't know, depending on the numbers it may have

contributed greatly to Joe's total.

[George II]

29. We'll know a few days after June 30 when the second quarter numbers are due to the FEC....

Looking at FEC filings reveal a lot more information than we get from the media.

[Uncle Joe]

31. I agree George. n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. Joe deserves to be congratulated for that... good for him!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[DownriverDem]

25. This is better

Biden/Harris!

[nitpicker]

40. Link to The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/26/joe-biden-democrats-2020-fundraising