Bernie Sanders has harnessed an online fundraising machine to outstrip all fundraising expectations. Sanders hauls in $3.1 million amid Clinton attacks

Charleston, SC — Amid escalating tensions with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders’ campaign has raised $3.1 million since Tuesday, his communications director confirmed to POLITICO on Saturday night.

The substantial haul, largely from online contributions, comes as the Vermont senator and the former secretary of state have sharpened their contrasts ahead of the voting in Iowa and New Hampshire.


Their ongoing fight over gun control has given way to a fight over Wall Street reform, and on Thursday the two campaigns battled over whether a new Sanders ad counts as “negative.” The Clinton camp has refused to close the door on unleashing its own negative spots since Sanders has refused to disavow his spot, which strongly implies that Clinton would be soft on Wall Street banks.

While Clinton has outraised Sanders in every quarter thus far, the underdog senator has harnessed an online fundraising machine to outstrip all fundraising expectations, getting close to Clinton’s considerable hauls in the last six months of 2015. He has raised considerable sums during many of his fights with Clinton in recent months, deftly using her attacks to rally his grassroots base.