Sen. Bernie Sanders took in another huge fundraising haul in January, according to figures released by his campaign. The money comes as the Vermont senator works to build momentum off his strong showing in Iowa.
His success funding a top-tier campaign on small contributions from individual donors has forced other candidates to also disavow some of the traditional methods of raising campaign cash, which have long raised conflict of interest concerns.
More than 219,000 new donors pitched in to the Sanders campaign in January, the campaign said. More than 648,000 people gave overall. When categorized by profession, teachers accounted for the largest group of donors. People who work for Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, the U.S. Postal Service and Target made up the biggest groups of donors when clustered by employer.of executives of the companies.
Bloomberg has poured $300 million into advertising alone, more than double what Sanders has raised over the last year from 6.4 million donations.
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