Biden Announces Fund Raising for 3rd Quarter UPDATE: Also Warren
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/despite-big-money-events-joe-biden-rais...
Despite big-money events, Joe Biden raises $10 million less in third quarter than ‘small-donor-only socialist’ Bernie Sanders
Biden’s campaign Thursday night announced he raised $15.2 million during [the 3rd quarter] ... Biden’s total represents a nearly $7 million decline from the previous quarter, a drop-off that comes as the former vice president has seen his polling advantage erode nationally and in several key primary states. ... Biden first announced his totals during a big-money fundraiser Thursday in Palo Alto, California, where tickets sold for $1,500 and $2,800 ... The former vice president told his rich supporters that the United States doesn’t “need some radical, radical socialist kind of answer”
Polls dropping off, fundraising dropping off, though still competitive in both. Does he reach a floor of support, does he get some sympathy support after El Trumpo is mean to him, or does the campaign fizzle before the voting starts?
UPDATE
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-raises-24-6-million-in-t...
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million in the third quarter, her campaign told supporters in an email Friday, and now has $25.7 million to spend
"to spend" I assume means "cash on hand"
“Elizabeth didn’t sell her time to wealthy donors, over the phone or in person at closed-door fundraisers,” Lau wrote. “Instead, she got to spend her time traveling across the country, hosting town halls, taking tens of thousands of selfies, and hearing directly from people about what’s on their minds.”
Sanders is falling behind in the critical selfie statistic.
943,000 donations from 509,000 different individual donors. The average donation was $26, and the campaign said more than 300,000 people donated for the first time during the third quarter.
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Trivia Q (no Googling!)
Over the course of Joe Biden's two previous campaigns for the Dem Pres nomination, what is the total of state primaries or caucuses he has run in and in what state did he carry his highest percentage of the vote?
(Edited for clarity)
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
I'm going to guess 7, with his highest vote % in
um, hmm, lessee ... Connecticut.
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Answer:
Over the course of both of Joe Biden's previous campaigns (1988 and 2008), he has run in a total of ONE caucus (Iowa 2008) where he received 0.9% of the vote.
Other than his Delaware Senate seat, the only other election Biden has ever won was for County Councilman.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
That's encouraging
re the Biden numbers. He would be a disaster as the nominee. Impeachment troubles for Donald would be neutralized with Joe and Hunter Biden repping the Ds.
Warren camp reporting today she nearly equalled Bernie's Q3 haul -- $24.6mil. Q1 for her was a mere $6m, and Q2 was $19m, so this is an impressive upward trend in fundraising.
But I read here she takes dark money.
Not the same thing at all.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
Haven't you heard
You're still a "progressive" if you take secret money from unnamed donors as long as you use it to beat Trump.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
How much did Warren transfer from other accounts, Wok?
You're pretty straightforward, do you know how much this time around? I've been looking around but can't find it. I forget how much moola she transferred last quarter but it was pretty sizeable. Bernie transferred some, too, but it still came from individual donations not the CAP and various other monies that Warren reportedly transferred.
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Let me try to
As I've noted before, there is no perfect candidate, including Warren or Bernie or Tulsi. I've raised questions about all of those 3. I am not emotionally invested in any candidate this cycle -- in very stark contrast to some Bernie or Busters here -- nor in anyone in recent memory, though AOC in 2024 might get me excited ..
The fundraising amount sources are a legit, but perhaps not essential, question to toss EW's way, say in the next debate. Or Bernie himself could do a compare/contrast citing his small donors and non-CAP $, though many in the audience will wonder what is CAP and finding out the name will wonder why they should care. It does seem rather insider baseball to me. And in the overall, Liz with $26/per average donation has a lot to applaud herself for on the grassroots fundraising and total amounts.
With the latter point, Bernie's great fundraising, and Biden's major decline in money raised, despite meeting frequently with Big Money donors, and his Huntergate problems, it might be setting up soon as a two-person race between the most left of the remaining candidates. I think the MSM has no choice but begin to express doubts about a Biden nomination. Actually from what I hear second hand, they have already started in this direction.
While Warren is like all the rest
. . making it clear that she will take whatever kind of money from just about anywhere, Bernie will only accept individual donations. So it's rather disingenous to say Warren is like all the others when Bernie is so clearly diffent when it comes to fundraising.
But I'll grant you that maybe Warren is a little different herself when it comes to Greening the Military:
Oh c'mon
Gimme a W
Gimme an A
Gimme an R
Gimme another R
Gimme an E
Gimme an N
What does it spell?
Yay Team!
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Cute.
Warren's donors
The NYT donor map from last quarter reported Warren with 421,000 individual donors .
Add the 300K new donors this quarter and Warren should have around 700K individual donors total.
Bernie reported 746,000 last quarter. This quarter, Bernie reported a total of 1.4 million individual donors, doubling Warren's total and widening his lead considerably.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
No
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
509 is the total of all donors who gave in the quarter.
300K of those had not given before.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Far less than 1.4 million donors
I think that may be the total of donations. I know I was solicited what seemed to be every day whether I had donated yesterday or not. So Bernie wants $16/day for the next twelve months. $5,760 dollars. I grant that won't buy access to a President but it's far more than I've ever given to all politicians in my life.
I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.
My bad...
You're right that 1.4 is the number of donations, not donors. Bernie announced going over 1 million donors earlier in September, but what I guess we'll have to see wait for the official reports for the final quarterly number.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Warren fires National Outreach Director
They're blaming it on undisclosed 'inappropriate behavior', but the NYT also hints at the real reasons:
Warren's falling behind Bernie in the race for the base. Her flashy quarterly cash total masks significant outreach issues for Warren.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Well, outside counsel
As for broadening her Gene McCarthyesque base, it looks like some progress is being made -- but EW might have expected more progress by now. So getting a replacement in this area was probably a wise decision irrespective of what else that dude was doing that forced her to act.
Put it this way...
If he had beat his donor numbers, do you think they'd still be firing him?
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Put it this way ...
Let's just say...
I'd be more willing to discount poor performance as the main reason if the harassment complaints had started BEFORE people had begun complaining about the donor numbers.
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Wassup with Warren? Senior staff sexual harassment?
Senior staff or
You copy a tweet above that seems to distort the situation. But if you have evidence this is more than just the fired staffer, by all means.
Maybe the media should investigate
. . and run multiple stories with exclusives from each and every woman there who felt intimidated in any way by senior staff?
I recall when someone in the Bernie staff got canned along the same lines, there were numerous such articles claiming the entire campaign was in total disarray.
Think if Hillary is nominated she'll call upon Warren to be her VP? If it happened do you think Warren would say yes? I do. If Bernie gets the nomination and picks Warren, you think she'll accept? Fat chance, I'd say. She claps and cheers for Trump dissing socialism, she's not going to run with one.
I've had enough fun. You can have the last shot.
Sorry, but if
Of course she would accept. Would be a great ticket and they would win.
And it looks like the diagnosis for Bernie was a heart attack. Not the best news politically, but looks like he's on the way to a full recovery physically.
Do you say that merely to influence readers here
Or do you actually believe that?
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier