Bernie Sanders reveals his second-quarter fundraising trailed Pete Buttigieg’s
The campaigns of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders revealed this week that the two top-tier contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination trailed Pete Buttigieg in second-quarter fundraising.
Biden’s team emphasized in a Wednesday email to supporters that the former vice president’s campaign “raised more per day than any other presidential campaign.” The Democratic front-runner was relatively late in officially entering the 2020 race, announcing his run on April 25, or almost a third of the way into the second quarter. The average donation to Biden during the quarter was $49 as more than 256,000 donors made over 436,000 contributions.
“There are other candidates out there who are intentionally making the decision to go into closed-door fundraisers and solicit money from high-end bundlers in the corporate executive suite,” Shakir said, when asked about how the Sanders campaign differs from Buttigieg’s 2020 effort and Biden’s push. “When you do that ... as president of the United States you’ve compromised yourself.”
In the past quarter’s final days, Buttigieg’s campaign talked up the mayor’s performance in the first Democratic primary debates in Miami to drum up donations. The campaign said in a Saturday email to supporters: “On the debate stage, Pete proved that he’s the candidate to lead us through this moment between eras in the life of our nation.”
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said Tuesday that Trump and his committees raised $54 million in the second quarter. When joint fundraising with the Republican National Committee is included, the total is $105 million for the quarter. After the Democrats pick a presidential nominee next year, he or she will be able to jointly raise money with the Democratic National Committee and get more than $2,800 per donor.
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