Socialist Sanders raises $15 million without 'the billionaires'
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Bernie Sanders' Democratic presidential campaign has raised $15 million since launching on April, with a large number of small cash donors.
Ninety nine percent of the 400,000 contributions from 250,000 donors gave $250 or less, with an average donation of $33.51. Pushing against "the billionaires" and the "1 percent" has been a hallmark of Sanders' campaign. The Vermont senator refuses to form a super PAC.
Most donations came online through his campaign website, BernieSanders.com. The numbers are found in a preliminary report by his campaign, but will be finalized by the Federal Election Commission's July 15 deadline.
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The announcement from the campaign comes after Sanders held the biggest campaign rally of the 2016 season thus far, with 10,000 coming out to see him in Madison, Wisconsin.