Former President Barack Obama’s finance manager said Monday that the current crop of Democratic candidates vying for the White House is falling well behind those who ran during the 2008 presidential election.
“I have to say it: I’m concerned by how little money the 2020 Dem candidates are raising,” former Massachusetts congressman Rufus Gifford told his Twitter followers. Gifford, who was Obama’s finance director during the former president’s re-election campaign in 2012, went on to highlight reasons for his concerns.
“For context: in Q1 2007 with individuals able to give less money ($2100 vs $2800 now) which was the last time there was a large Dem primary field, the top three candidates were: Hillary: 26 mill Obama: 24 mill (John) Edwards: 14 mill,” he noted before asking one of his Twitter followers why 2020 candidates are not raising money.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reportedly raised a massive amount of money in February, even if some of the party’s candidates are not pulling in as much cash as previous year’s campaigns. The DCCC reported that $3 million came from online donations, with an average online donation of $18.
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