The 2020 presidential election is still 20 months away, but one campaign battle is already raging: the fight for America's small-dollar contributions. With all 12 major Democratic White House candidates shunning donations from corporations and political action committees, or PACs, they have turned
1 / 4Bernie Sanders, the liberal senator who made campaign finance reform a central pillar of his rebellious 2016 presidential campaign, entered the 2020 race in February with a bang, raising $5.9 million in the first 24 hoursBernie Sanders, the liberal senator who made campaign finance reform a central pillar of his rebellious 2016 presidential campaign, entered the 2020 race in February with a bang, raising $5.
Candidates are required to report their first-quarter donations to the Federal Election Commission within the coming weeks, and the results are likely to show that while big money will still be at play in the election process, it just might be coming more from everyday voters.
"The money in politics is corrupting. It controls everything," Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told voters in Des Moines, Iowa, last month after announcing her presidential bid. Bernie Sanders, the liberal senator who made campaign finance reform a central pillar of his rebellious 2016 presidential campaign, entered the 2020 race in February with a bang, raising $5.9 million in the first 24 hours from more than 220,000 individuals across all 50 states. The average donation was $27.Donald Trump of course is not sitting idle.
But today, Trump's challengers are receiving major financial boosts from energized grassroots supporters.
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