Since there have been a bunch of what did the candidate raise posts, I’ll do one about Bernie.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) raised $18.2 million in his first six weeks as a candidate, his campaign announced, a large sum that will likely lead the Democratic presidential field.
Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir said Tuesday morning that those donations had come from 900,000 donations, and the average donation was $20. That number of donors fell a bit short of the 1 million unique donations the campaign had set as an internal goal, but will still likely outpace the other candidates in the race.
Sanders’ campaign said he’d raised $32 million total including the money he had in the bank before jumping into the race, and has $28 million cash on hand.
TPM
The campaign will have enough money to be competitive. And this is a small-donor funded campaign.
Update I. Bernie comments on the accomplishment of our movement: