Bernie also just has the ability to raise money in small donations and doesn’t have to prostrate himself before the rich like Pete.
In the 2016 campaign trumped raised $86,749,927 from <$200. I believe it was the most ever from small contributors.
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The billions of dollars in free media helped. If Sanders got even 10% of that coverage, his small donations would be mind boggling.
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According to NYT, Sanders had ~17% of earned media as Trump in 2016 primary. Interestingly, Bernie spent 228% more on paid media than Trump. But I think the point still stands: Bernie and Trump are similar in that they're populists who are good at raising small amounts of $.pic.twitter.com/3iqiqeAFSs
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