Fundraising for Elizabeth Warren<br />and Bernie Sanders Spikes<br />Following Democratic Debate On Feb. 19, Democratic candidates<br />Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders<br />experienced record numbers of<br />campaign donations. The spike in grassroots donors for both candidates<br />was thanks to their powerful performances on the<br />debate stage in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Warren’s campaign, her base donated<br />more than $2.8 million on Wednesday, marking her<br />best debate fundraising day to date. During the debate, one of Warren’s staffers,<br />Caitlin Mitchell, claimed that the campaign had pulled<br />in $425,000 between 10:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. E.S.T. Her claim was in response to Elizabeth Landers, who said<br />Sander’s campaign had received more than 15,000 online donations in the first hour of the debate, totaling $300,000. Just after midnight, the Sanders campaign<br />also announced they had finished the day<br />with $2.7 million from nearly 150,000 donors. That makes Feb. 19 the<br />best debate fundraising day<br />for Sanders as well.
