John Wagner reports in the Post today that the Sanders campaign has already raised $36 million in February, almost all online. More, Bernie’s people are aiming to finish the month at $40 million, an amazing total that would almost certainly...
Perhaps the state wasn’t quite the “firewall” the Clinton campaign had hoped, but Hillary still pulled off a win in this weekend’s Nevada caucuses. This result came despite a late Sanders surge, fueled both by his strong...
Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary, and he’s also winning the post-primary fundraising war: his supporters tossed him more than FIVE MILLION DOLLARS in the hours after the polls closed in the Granite State (or six million, depending...
Not to sound like a broken record, but Bernie’s supporters keep opening their wallets with wild abandon. Small donors, baby! Ask ’em once, ask ’em twice, ask ’em until they scream for mercy…and then ask ’em again...
How could Trump’s money hurt him? If his financial independence keeps him from creating the campaign he needs to win in places like Iowa: The imperative to raise money online forces campaigns to build infrastructure that has a strategic value...
Clearly concerned about slipping poll numbers in Iowa, Hillary Clinton’s campaign went after Bernie Sanders this week, attacking him over past gun-control votes and his health care proposals. Going negative always risks blowback, but when...
Welcome to Giving Tuesday! The now-annual tradition fills our email inboxes to the bursting with fundraising appeals from stale to innovative, but mostly noteworthy for their sheer volume. It’s not a problem if you’re only on a list or...
2015 is racing to a close, and with it the window to get in on the year-end fundraising frenzy. But never fear, you still have time to plan and execute a campaign to persuade your donors to share a little holiday cheer of the monetary variety. Where...
Regular Epolitics.com contributor and digital strategist Laura Packard (of PowerThru Consulting) is back with us, this time to help folks prepare for Giving Tuesday and year-end fundraising. This post first appeared the PowerThru blog, and see also...
Bernie Sanders is a gadfly no more. By raising almost as much money in the third quarter as Hillary Clinton, he showed that his campaign will have serious resources on-hand when we move into the primaries. At least as important as how much he raised...