The Bernie Sanders campaign hopes to double his fundraising haul from January and raise $40 million by the end of the month Federal Election Commission deadline.
Thus far in February, Sanders has brought in $36 million from 1.2 million individual contributions, a sum that far outpaces any fundraising from previous months in either his of Hillary Clinton’s campaigns. The grassroots candidate attracted the majority of his donations through online contributions, with the average donation at just $27.
If the campaign were to reach the $40 million mark, it would raise almost half as much as the $94.8 million it raised during 2015 in the first 10 months of his campaign. In January, he raised $20 million, an amount that was seen as extraordinary at the time.
The surge in Sanders fundraising occurred after the candidate exceeded expectations in both Iowa and Nevada and then trounced Clinton in New Hampshire. Sanders lost the South Carolina primary by 47.5 points on Saturday, which many see as foreboding for his performance on Super Tuesday, as he does not do as well among Southern voters.
Of the 11 Super Tuesday states, Sanders hopes to do well in Vermont, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Colorado and Oklahoma. On Monday, the candidate has events planned in Minnesota and Massachusetts.
In order to motivate supporters and monitor his February fundraising progress, the campaign has up an online tracker.
