Sanders announced that he was running for president Tuesday morning, and within hours, his campaign had received donations from more than 100,000 people, according…
Sanders announced that he was running for president Tuesday morning, and within hours, his campaign had received donations from more than 100,000 people, according to a post on Twitter from the senator from Vermont. Within 12 hours after launching his campaign, that had climbed to over 150,000 donors, totaling $4 million. The donations are largely smaller, with the average at just $27. That’s a similar average to what he saw during his 2016 run.
Sanders’ campaign manager Faiz Shakir says he can’t confirm the exact numbers at this point, but confirmed that they are “YUGE.”
By comparison, Kamala Harris, who launched her campaign on January 21,2019, raised under half of that amount. The Democratic Senator from California received $1.5 million in donations during the first 24 hours of her campaign.
