{"id":117057,"date":"2019-02-20T17:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117057"},"modified":"2019-02-21T07:26:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T11:26:04","slug":"please-understand-people-that-most-of-these-potus-candidacies-are-only-declared-to-fleece-the-voters-of-millions-in-donations-theyre-just-a-money-making-scam-for-bernie-sanders-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=117057","title":{"rendered":"Please understand, people, that most of these POTUS candidacies are only declared to fleece the voters of millions in contributions—they’re just a money-making scam for the “Bernie Sanders” of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bernie Sanders Raised $6 Million In One Day After Launching Campaign<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Just one day after officially launching his campaign for\u00a0the 2020 Democratic nomination<\/a>\u00a0during an interview on Vermont Public Radio, Bernie Sanders has already raised more than $6 million through more than 220,000 individual contributions, according to\u00a0CNN.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sanders, who consistently ranks near the top of most polls alongside former Vice President Joe Biden, saw the money pour in from donors in all 50 states. The average contribution was $27, which is roughly in line with the average contribution from Sanders 2016 upstart primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, in which he won a number of crucial primaries (all while actively working against the DNC). Confirming his outsize popularity in an increasingly crowded field, the self-described “Democratic Socialist”‘s haul dwarfs the $300,000 raised by Elizabeth Warren during the 24 hours after her official campaign launch.<\/p>\n

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Of the $6 million raised, some 10% (about $600,000) came in the form of recurring donations, providing “a huge, dependable grassroots donor base that will afford the campaign a consistent budgeting baseline.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

During his last race, Sanders regularly touted the fact that his campaign was largely funded by small donations. And it appears this is already emerging as a central theme for the 2020 race.<\/p>\n

“The only way we will win this election and create a government and economy that work for all is with a grassroots movement – the likes of which has never been seen in American history,” Sanders said in his message announcing his campaign.\u00a0“They may have the money and power. We have the people.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On top of that $6 million haul, Sanders is entering the race with more than\u00a0$9 million left\u00a0in his US Senate campaign committee: funds that he can transfer to his presidential campaign. That puts him behind only Warren ($11 million) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ($10.3 million).<\/p>\n

That ought to give Sanders plenty of cushion to stick it to the “millionaihs and billionaihs”.<\/p>\n

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