Wanna Know Which 2020 Dem Is Doing Well: Follow the Donors Not the Money

[Uncle Joe]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants to reach one million contributions before the upcoming fundraising deadline. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) set a goal of 25,000 contributions between last Wednesday and this Sunday. Beto O’Rourke’s team asked supporters to give just $3 each if they could.

These candidates, and their dozen-plus 2020 Democratic competitors, are all racing to post large fundraising numbers by the end of the first quarter on March 31. That’s no surprise for anyone hoping to position themselves well, for what promises to be a bruising months-long primary.

But the real competition among the field is not so much who can bring in the biggest haul, but which candidate can get the most people to contribute. That’s the number that the top money people on various campaigns say they will be watching when the deadline hits.

It’s a change from cycles past, when the main news story would be the total amount raised. And it’s a reflection of how dramatically Democratic Party politics have shifted in the era of online giving, growing all the more prevalent since Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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