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George II

(67,782 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2019, 02:53 PM Jul 2019

Sanders falls short on fundraising but spends big in second quarter [View all]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, lagging behind other top tier candidates in fundraising efforts, went on a shopping spree during the second quarter, spending millions more than the next closest Democrat.

Sanders raised $18 million from individual contributions from April 1 to June 30, a number that leaves him fourth behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s $19.2 million, former Vice President Joe Biden’s $22 million, and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s leading $24.9 million haul for the quarter.

In an email to supporters Tuesday afternoon, Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager, said though he was “proud” of the number of contributions Sanders received, they were clearly outraised by their competitors.

“The truth is, we were out-raised this time. Not by much. But enough that we are going to need a lot more donations,” Shakir wrote.

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Sanders’ spending included $131,654 on “office supplies” from Amazon — the online retail giant that he has railed against for its working conditions — $262,000 for access to voter information in early primary states and hundreds of thousands of dollars for online advertising and research.

https://vtdigger.org/2019/07/16/sanders-falls-short-on-fundraising-but-spends-big-in-second-quarter/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare

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Sanders falls short on fundraising but spends big in second quarter [View all] George II Jul 2019 OP

Thanks, George! HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #1

oh god. So much CASH.. his workers need Cha Jul 2019 #2

Ha ha! True. Share, Bernie. nt emmaverybo Jul 2019 #26

Also from this article... RobertDevereaux Jul 2019 #3

77% of his contributions are "unitemized". Do we know where they came from? No. George II Jul 2019 #4

A bit conspiratorial, don't you think? HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #5

Nope. All I know is that there's $27.8 million that we know nothing about with respect.... George II Jul 2019 #6

This refers to contributions less than $50...Likely cash collected at a campaign event. brooklynite Jul 2019 #7

When I was a treasurer, certainly not the magnitude of this, I still kept track of where.... George II Jul 2019 #8

I worked as a treasurer, too, George. murielm99 Jul 2019 #9

I was treasurer for five mayoral campaigns (not a large town), our "central committee".... George II Jul 2019 #10

I am pretty sure my son murielm99 Jul 2019 #20

If you raised $5,000 in small donations at a campaign event, how would you record those? nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #18

I still kept track of the names and addresses of everyone who contributed. George II Jul 2019 #19

So basically none of the donations would be uncategorized. Blue_true Jul 2019 #21

One would think that a campaign that will wind up receiving $300M or more..... George II Jul 2019 #23

That cash has to be reported. murielm99 Jul 2019 #11

It WAS reported; it just wasn't itemized by donor. brooklynite Jul 2019 #12

That much, murielm99 Jul 2019 #13

It was reported as one lump sum - part of "Unitemized individual contributions" of $27,833,640. George II Jul 2019 #15

Years ago we had one of those drawings. What I did (ooops) was get the winner of the drawing.... George II Jul 2019 #24

"Amazon -- the online retail giant that he has railed against for its working conditions". Tarheel_Dem Jul 2019 #14

Just imagine how much he would be spending if his employees were paid $15/hr Jose Garcia Jul 2019 #16

It is akin to religion Vegas Roller Jul 2019 #17

Amazon? NYMinute Jul 2019 #22

K&R betsuni Jul 2019 #25