Or perhaps it should be “Spare change for Sanders.” Either way, it appears that the Senator from Vermont is raising the money he needs – a pittance, at $40 million, by Hillary Clinton’s standards.
As Bob Kinzel of Vermont Public Radio reports:
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Campaign officials say it’s now clear that Sanders can meet his overall goal of $40 million for the primary campaign by relying on small contributors. In the three weeks since Sanders held his official campaign kickoff in Burlington, more than $6 million has flowed into his campaign treasury. The average contribution is less than $50.
Fifty bucks is less than what the big swingers and six-figure campaign donors give the boys at valet parking when they roll up to one of those fund raisers Hillary is always throwing.
One suspects that Sanders won’t roll into the White House on a $40 million campaign. But it is educational to watch him try. And if he isn’t bringing in the big bucks, he is:
… drawing huge crowds in Iowa and New Hampshire. And last weekend, 5,000 people came to hear him speak in Minneapolis.
