Joe Biden’s online fund-raising had slowed in early September 2019 to such a trickle that he raised just $24,124.17 online in a day.
About a year later, he was raising more than that every two minutes.
Here’s our analysis of that transformation. nyti.ms/2InnsqK
About a year later, he was raising more than that every two minutes.
Here’s our analysis of that transformation. nyti.ms/2InnsqK
We found four crucial inflection points in Biden’s fund-raising:
— President Trump’s call for Ukraine to investigate Biden’s son
— Biden’s primary win in South Carolina
— Protests after George Floyd's killing
— Naming Kamala Harris as his running mate
— President Trump’s call for Ukraine to investigate Biden’s son
— Biden’s primary win in South Carolina
— Protests after George Floyd's killing
— Naming Kamala Harris as his running mate
A deputy campaign manager for Biden said that Trump’s seeking help from Ukraine “made it clear to the whole world which candidate he feared facing most.”
In the 40 days that followed the Ukraine news, online contributions to Biden’s campaign more than doubled.
In the 40 days that followed the Ukraine news, online contributions to Biden’s campaign more than doubled.
Then came South Carolina, where Black voters gave Biden a decisive victory — and online money rained down: more than $10 million over two days.
Days later, Biden swept through Super Tuesday to amass a delegate lead he would never relinquish.
Days later, Biden swept through Super Tuesday to amass a delegate lead he would never relinquish.
Video of George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice, and millions of dollars flooded into racial justice groups — and into Biden’s campaign.
Biden had his first-ever two-week stretch of days above $1 million, stating May 27.
Biden had his first-ever two-week stretch of days above $1 million, stating May 27.
Kamala Harris’s impact was astronomical.
The Biden campaign raised an average of $8.1 million a day online in the last three weeks of August, $2.5 million more than the campaign's previous biggest day.
The Biden campaign raised an average of $8.1 million a day online in the last three weeks of August, $2.5 million more than the campaign's previous biggest day.
See more of our analysis of the unlikely transformation of Biden, a 77-year-old whose seemingly limited appeal to small donors left him financially outflanked in the primaries, into perhaps the greatest magnet for online money in U.S. political history. nyti.ms/2InnsqK
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