Posted on 08/28/2019 12:37:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Vermont presidential contender has the most donors throughout the country as well as in the counties that swung from Obama to Trump.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has built his early polling lead in the 2020 Democratic primary on the argument that he is the Democratic candidate best positioned to take on President Donald Trump. He referenced his standing against Trump in the first TV ad he ran and has spoken repeatedly about winning over Republican voters who, he argues, have grown disenchanted with the president.
But in at least one “electability” metric, Biden is lagging behind his Democratic competition. In the 206 counties that voted for Barack Obama twice before backing Trump in 2016, the former VP has fewer donors than three primary opponents.
According to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data on the Democratic online giving portal ActBlue, 12,040 donors from those Obama-Trump counties made 19,885 donations to Biden during the first six months of 2019. By contrast, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) had 13,674 donors make 26,298 donations from those counties and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg had 14,294 donors make 23,320 donations from those counties.
Biden has only been in the race since late April, compared to Warren and Buttigieg, who had launched presidential exploratory committees by the beginning of 2019 and late January respectively. But the latter two have had stronger fundraising months more recently. All three of them trail Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—whose campaign helped compile the data—when it comes to donors from Obama-Trump counties. The Democratic-Socialist had 33,185 donors make 81,841 donations in those areas, a haul that his team was eager to tout.
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Not sure what to believe. Tuesday they say Biden is down, even with Warren and Sanders. Wednesday, they are saying; never mind. He hasn’t changed at all.
Biden or Bernie?
Bernie or Biden?
Don’t care, as long as it’s one of them.
I dont care but these candidates Trump can annihilate easy. But, I have a strong suspicion they’re either gonna bring Sasquatch (Moochelle) or Hitlery to run ...
My fear as well.
There have to be some smart people at the DNC who can see that their current field is a disaster.
Warren is like a female Beto. Reminds me of a spider skittering across the floor.
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