07-08-2019, 08:41 PM
(07-08-2019, 08:29 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Bernie's million figure is total donations, not donors. From what I can tell, his campaign didn't release total donor numbers for this quarter, unlike the last quarter.
A number some campaigns will be looking at right now is new donors. Bernie benefits from a national donor base from 2016 whereas Warren built hers up from scratch, with about 308,000 of her 384,000 donors being first time contributors. That's a great number for her to look at as she continues to do well in national polling.
Bernie started with a pretty big base in the 1st quarter, over half a million, drawing $18m then as well. It's likely that, given that his average donation number is about $2 less this quarter, he didn't draw many new donors in, banking off his already existing pool of donors, which is still higher than the others.
That may not be enough to last him as the field narrows and if he has another poor showing at a debate while newcomers like Harris, Warren, and Buttigieg have stand out performances.
You are right I misread that. Do you know if the numbers of donors they give are just for the quarter or is that the total for the entire campaign?
Secondly, he did gain a bunch of new donors this year. They have reported that 46% of the 525k donors were new to his campaign this year.
