Booker sees surge in campaign donations after calling out lack of diversity in 2020 Democratic field

[highplainsdem]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/07/politics/cory-booker-fundraising-surge/index.html

Since Sen. Cory Booker issued a call this week for maintaining a diverse field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, grassroots donors have answered in a big way.

The New Jersey Democrat raised more than $1 million dollars between Tuesday -- when Sen. Kamala Harris of California dropped out of the race -- through Friday, his campaign said. His campaign added that Wednesday was his best online fundraising day of the entire campaign.

That money came not only from Booker loyalists, but from many new supporters. Of 33,000 donors who contributed to the campaign since Tuesday, more than 50%, or roughly 17,000 donors, gave to Booker for the first time. The average contribution was $25, according to the campaign.

The surge of fundraising for Booker suggests an enthusiastic, positive response to his searing criticism of a race to the White House that now has "more billionaires than Black people."

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[msongs]

1. this should be about the candidate's policies, vision, and values not the cash, right?

booker and everyone else should be attracting supporters not just donors, supporters who will speak up in opinion polls now and voting later. good luck mr. booker

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt