Donations to Sanders cut in half after Biden entry, asks donors to 'dig a little deeper'

[ehrnst]

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has seen a huge drop in donations since former Vice President Joe Biden entered the race, and he’s begging donors to “dig a little deeper.”

In a long email promising to undo President Trump’s actions if elected, the Sanders Campaign Manager Faiz Shakir revealed that the average donation to the Vermont senator’s operation has been cut in half.

“I’m about to ask you to make a contribution, and I hope that it is clear why. But first, I want to be up front with you that our average contribution — which used to be $27 — has been almost half that in the last couple weeks. It’s OK for now, but we would really like to see if you can dig a little deeper if you’re able to,” he wrote.

The email seeks a donation of $3, though it also includes amounts of $27-$1,000 on the donor page.
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In his memo, Shakir rejected that and said only Sanders could both beat Trump and reverse his actions in office.

“We’re not going to be afraid to call out parts of the establishment that think what we’re doing is too radical. We know that Donald Trump is not just an aberration — he is a logical conclusion of a corrupt political system that has left so many people so far behind,” said Shakir.

“If all we do in this moment is try to turn back the clock to a pre-Donald Trump time in Washington, D.C., we will have failed. That is simply not good enough. And we will make clear both during this campaign, and after we win during the fight to implement our agenda, that it is time for a new way of thinking,” he added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donations-to-sanders-cut-in-half-after-biden-entry-begs-donors-to-dig-a-little-deeper/

[George II]

1. "Dig a little deeper"? A plea of desperation. This "average contribution" idea is misleading....

....that's not the average PER contributor! For example, there's one contributor who has already maxed out at $2800, but he did it in 60 separate contributions. So, on the surface the "average contribution" is $46, but in fact that person is the dreaded BIG DONOR!

There's also a contributor who has made 129 separate contributions keeping her "average contribution" only $4.94, another made 112 contributions "averaging" a mere $1.10. The more these multiples of tiny contributions are made, the lower the "average"!

That's how they keep the "average contribution" down.

And people fall for this.

[NurseJackie]

2. Sounds like a slam against Biden...

“If all we do in this moment is try to turn back the clock to a pre-Donald Trump time in Washington, D.C., we will have failed. That is simply not good enough. And we will make clear both during this campaign, and after we win during the fight to implement our agenda, that it is time for a new way of thinking,” he added.

Sounds like a slam against Biden, in my opinion. Charming.

[George II]

3. Sure does:

“If all we do in this moment is try to turn back the clock to a pre-Donald Trump time in Washington, D.C., we will have failed."

That "new way of thinking" is going back to the '60s.

[NurseJackie]

4. I only support Democrats. Not socialists. I believe we can do better than that...

I only support Democrats. Not socialists. I believe we can do better than that, and we have so many candidates who are much more qualified.

[Kahuna7]

5. A lot of people would be very happy to just turn back the clock pre-trump.

[ehrnst]

13. Yep. (nt)

[NYMinute]

15. Pre-Trump was Obama

Why would Bernie slam Obama-Biden years?

[Kahuna7]

16. Exactly. Some will nod their heads at first, then..

think about it for a minute, and think...Yes God, please! Can we have some of that?

[NurseJackie]

40. It's offensive! He's slamming Obama (again) in some lame attempt to slam Biden...

It's offensive! He's slamming Obama (again) in some lame attempt to slam Biden. And in the end it's yet another smear of the Obama years AND the Democratic party.

What good purpose does that serve?

[ehrnst]

6. Indeed. (nt)

[Drunken Irishman]

23. ...and Obama...

You know, the most successful progressive president we've had since FDR.

[NurseJackie]

24. If I recall correctly, BS was calling for Obama to be primaried. Why would anyone want to weaken...

If I recall correctly, BS was calling for Obama to be primaried. Why would anyone want to weaken and diminish his 2nd term by doing that? What good purpose would it serve? Why not spend all that energy (negativity) trying to weaken and divide and defeat the GOP?

[Cha]

41. Yes, BS did.. and we're not forgetting..

Link to tweet

[NurseJackie]

42. The more you know...

[riverine]

7. We have seen Peak Bernie

it is all downhill from here for him.

[NurseJackie]

8. His support is cratering. His funding is starting to dry-up.

it is all downhill from here for him.

His support is cratering. His funding is starting to dry-up. It's my belief that he should go ahead and withdraw now and focus on trying to do positive things in the Senate. We have better choices and candidates who are much more qualified and well-suited to become our nation's president and Leader of the Free World. He simply lacks the demeanor (not to mention lacking real-world plans for accomplishing his pie-in-the-sky promises). I mean, lookit, anyone can give a laundry list of problems (even I can do that) but it take true leadership and true vision (and a willingness to compromise) to come up with a realistic plan to accomplish goals and solve problems. It's not like the potus can just wave a wand with rainbow sparkles and everything is fixed. We need real-world solutions, and I think people are starting to understand that BS just isn't the candidate who can deliver what America needs.

[NYMinute]

21. He should just drop out nt

[calguy]

27. People are getting off his lawn.

[NurseJackie]

28. That's a very clever and apt way of putting it.

[ehrnst]

35. ...

[Nanjeanne]

9. Interesting. I didn't get that one. I got a long email with strategy session outlined in

a lot of detail from Shakir.

I also got one from Bernie about SuperPacs.

But not the one above. There must be very targeted emails.

In any case, I donated again.

I also got three from Warren’s campaign asking for money to keep her fighting. Gave to her as well.

[lapucelle]

17. Did it mention the Nurses superpac?

[George II]

19. Or Our Revolution or the LLC in Maryland, "Brand New Campaign" which has already been renamed....

...."Brand New Congress LLC"?

It's tough to keep up with all these intertwined groups.

[NYMinute]

20. and they share directors

which shows that they are all one and the same.

[R B Garr]

25. +1

[Gothmog]

31. Yep

[NYMinute]

11. lol

[George II]

18. Bazinga!

[MineralMan]

12. When the hole is too deep for you to throw the dirt out - stop digging.

[ehrnst]

14. Not sure what you mean. (nt)

[qazplm135]

29. he means, if the fire is out, then the dinner was cooked a long time ago

I mean I don't know how else to make it clearer!

[ehrnst]

32. Are you saying that "people can't dig any deeper, so he shouldn't ask them?"

[qazplm135]

33. I was just making a joke

about the difficulties of understanding aphorisms

[ehrnst]

34. Thank you.

I see so much pretzel logic and circular arguments at times here that I missed the joke about it.

[NYMinute]

22. kick for exposure

[kimbutgar]

26. So far I've donated only to Biden and the ditch Mitch fund

I just don’t see sanders as viable against the orange anus.

[Gothmog]

30. I gave a decent size donation to Biden on day 1

I have also contributed to Beto, Castro and Warren (my middle child asked me to do so).

[peggysue2]

36. Which is why there was a great frenzy . . .

BEFORE Joe Biden officially entered the race, the whole touchy-feely brouhaha, the 'but joe has all this baggage from 20, 30 years ago.'

And you know what? Voters do not care about the dredging up of old news. They care about kicking Trump and his enablers to the curb and think Joe Biden has the best shot to do that. Because getting 30% of the vote and hoping for a brokered convention is a losing strategy, Senator Sanders. And the word 'socialism' still carries a taint in the US whether you like it or not. Which is exactly why Nancy Pelosi has warned us: support the center left mainstream for the win.

A GO4JOE/2020

[W_HAMILTON]

37. If they are worried that their average donation has fallen to $14, why are they asking for just $3?

[ehrnst]

38. That would certainly drive down the amount of the average donation, and drive up the number of

individual donations that could be reported in press releases.

It's a status quo fundraising tactic by politicians. Certainly not revolutionary.

[W_HAMILTON]

39. Yes, but in their email,they are specifically complaining about how their average donation amount...

...has fallen, therefore, why would they be asking for a donation amount that would cause it to fall even further?

[NYMinute]

43. Speculation - the staffer that wrote the email flunked math. nt

[Blue_true]

44. Bump $27 up to $35. nt

[Cha]

45. gawd!