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    Small donors boost Beto and Bernie – and may transform the political landscape

    Mar 20, 2019 4 minutes

    Beto O’Rourke and Bernie Sanders raked in so much cash within 24 hours of announcing their presidential bids that they made Barack Obama look like a kid with a lemonade stand.

    Their massive fundraising – $6.1 million in a day for former Texas Congressman O’Rourke and $5.9 million for Vermont’s Senator Sanders, roughly a quarter of what Mr. Obama raised during the entire first quarter of 2007 – is not just about them or their rock-star status. Both men are riding a surge in grassroots giving that is transforming the entire landscape of money in American politics.

    Mr. O’Rourke told reporters in New Hampshire today that his average donation during that

    Grassroots fundraising eclipses ‘dark money’How ActBlue transformed giving

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