Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whose bid for the Democratic nomination for president has drawn the largest crowds on the trail, is raking in major money as well.
His campaign reported on Thursday that it had raised $15 million over the last two months.
It is an impressive haul from a candidate few thought would be more than a socialist-minded megaphone during the primary process. But Sanders has taken off, assuming an insurgent status that has made him the closest thing to a challenger that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces in the primary.
Clinton continues to be a juggernaut, with wide leads in public opinion polls and having reportedly raised $45 million during the last three months.
But Sanders likely has a larger base of donors. His campaign reported receiving 400,000 contributions during the past two months from 250,000 total contributors. Nearly 87 percent of the total amount raised during the quarter came from the donors who contributed $250 or less.
According to the Clinton campaign, 91 percent of its donations were $100 or less in value. But they declined to release how many individual people contributed to her campaign.
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