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Sanders hits 1 million donors

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Thursday that his campaign has garnered more than 1 million individual donors, making him the first candidate to claim to have hit the milestone.

“With 1 million contributors, this is the only Democratic campaign that has more supporters than Donald Trump,” Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement.

“Our strength is in numbers, and that is why Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is able to say his campaign will rely only on grassroots funding in both the primary and against Donald Trump. Like all campaigns we are beholden to our donors, and we’re proud to stand with one million working people."

The campaign declared Sanders the fastest candidate in history to reach the milestone and said 99.5 percent of its donors are eligible to donate again since they have yet to reach the maximum donation amount.

Starbucks, Walmart and Amazon are the most common employers of individuals who have donated to the senator's White House bid, while teachers remain the top occupation, his campaign said.

The 2.5 million overall donations have come in from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, while more than 125,000 donors make monthly recurring contributions, according to figures released by his staff.

Sanders is seeking to shore up support for his campaign following weeks of rising polling figures for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the other top progressive in the Democratic primary who has overtaken him in the Real Clear Politics polling index.

Both candidates still trail former Vice President Joe Biden in most national and statewide polls, though Biden's lead in several polls has become narrower.

Seeking to dismiss concerns over Sanders’s electability, his campaign noted Thursday that it has attracted 81,000 donations from counties that flipped from former President Obama in 2012 to President Trump in 2016.

Sanders has cultivated a loyal grassroots following since his 2016 insurgent presidential bid against Hillary Clinton, the eventual Democratic nominee that year, helping ensure he will have the runway to compete far into the party's 2020 nominating contest.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/462221-sanders-hits-1-million-donors

Is that blood donors? Old guy needs somethin'.

HaHa

He doesn't need people to like him, they already do. He doesn't need people to lie for him or cover his lies. He doesn't have issues with republicans liking him either as he is warmly welcomed and well thought of everywhere. Think about that. He may be your only choice for POTUS if you don't want to vote for a Dem in 2020... Trump legal issues and all.

Screaming, angry grandpa syndrome. SAGS

No wonder he was training on the speed bag.. that's a lot of people to hit.

Yeah people like you love to roast the youth and the elderly, while propping up a big fat extremely unstable genius.

Beats the hell out of blaming light bulbs for his orange glow doesn't it. (Trump did that)

Or saying Wind powered generators cause Cancer. (Trump did that)

See you are just making stuff up to sound either funny or smart (neither is achieved), but there is at least video of Trump saying those things and many many other lies.

And you are still backing a liar... Isn't that fun!

j/c

Here's what Bernie supporters are missing. I mean Bernie did so well in the polls in 2016 but now seems stuck firmly in third and they don't seem to understand why.

Well here's why........

People did NOT LIKE HILLARY! Even a lot of Democrats didn't like her. So angry grandpa looked good compared to Hillary.

Now they have Biden and Warren. Angry grandpa doesn't look quite as attractive when you have those two running.

Bernie has zero chance as he has lost touch with reality.

Bernie Sanders Wealth Tax Is Wonkier That Elizabeth Warrens

https://slate.com/business/2019/09/wealth-tax-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-billionaires.html

bernie went full potato