Democratic White House hopefuls see fundraising efforts dwarfed by Donald Trump

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Bernie Sanders raked in 25&period;3 million US dollars over the past three months&comma; putting him on top of the Democratic presidential fundraising field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But in a sign of what he and his rivals are up against&comma; President Donald Trump and his allies raised 125 million US dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other leading Democrats&comma; including former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren&comma; have yet to reveal their fundraising figures for the third quarter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Defeating Trump is not enough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We need leadership that will fight for working families and the shrinking middle class&comma; not just the 1&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That is exactly what I have done my whole life and what I am prepared to do as president&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;0NZSKIhb5G">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;0NZSKIhb5G<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Bernie Sanders &lpar;&commat;BernieSanders&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BernieSanders&sol;status&sol;1179094407833903106&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 1&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But the staggering sum on the Republican side&comma; which was split between the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee&comma; highlights the cash gulf between Democrats and the Republicans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It could revive anxieties among Democrats that a protracted primary featuring nearly 20 candidates could be counterproductive while Mr Trump builds a massive cash advantage that can be used against the ultimate nominee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a &lpar;ton&rpar; of money&comma;”<&sol;em> Bakari Sellers&comma; a top surrogate for California Senator Kamala Harris&comma; tweeted in reference to Mr Trump’s fundraising&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although activists who contribute small amounts online have been widely celebrated&comma; he said that will not stand up to the Trump operation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Our campaign is grassroots funded&colon; That means no fancy fundraisers&comma; no PACs&comma; no federal lobbyists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our big quarterly FEC deadline is tonight&period; Will you chip in &dollar;3 before midnight to help power our grassroots campaign&quest; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;zCo0jCRHef">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;zCo0jCRHef<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Elizabeth Warren &lpar;&commat;ewarren&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ewarren&sol;status&sol;1178664864476270592&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 30&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Small dollar donations alone ain’t going to save our democracy&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Sanders posted the largest quarterly sum for a Democratic White House hopeful this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The haul ensures the Vermont senator will be an enduring presence in the primary even as Ms Warren and Mr Biden have surpassed him in some polls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Much of the money he raised came from his army of small-dollar online contributors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Pete Buttigieg&comma; who entered the race as the little-known mayor of South Bend&comma; Indiana&comma; pulled in 19&period;1 million US dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Wonder why President Trump is lying about me&quest; It&&num;39&semi;s because he knows that I will beat him like a drum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chip in &dollar;5 before tonight’s public fundraising deadline to help us defeat Donald Trump and stop the outrageous lying and cheating he engages in&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;I2jAPpnURl">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;I2jAPpnURl<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;yWcclnx5Zo">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;yWcclnx5Zo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Joe Biden &lpar;Text Join to 30330&rpar; &lpar;&commat;JoeBiden&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;JoeBiden&sol;status&sol;1178789868811341824&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 30&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That’s an almost six million US dollars dip from his field-leading sum last quarter but a figure that  is all but certain to place him in the top tier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now the question turns to how much money Mr Biden and Ms Warren raised during the third quarter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former vice president and the Massachusetts senator are in an increasingly close race for first place&comma; according to several polls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is a growing sense of urgency for the White House hopefuls as the primary becomes a fierce battle for a limited pool of cash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the days and hours before Monday’s deadline&comma; they pleaded for money&comma; making appeals on social media and collectively blasting out more than 80 emails asking supporters to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;chip in” five&comma; 10 or 20 dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The third-quarter figures have to be reported to the Federal Election Commission by October 15&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">I am profoundly grateful to every single person who has pitched in to power our campaign&period; Together&comma; we’re building a movement that’s big enough&comma; and hopeful enough&comma; to do things differently and win&period; Thank you&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;zLjVuOENN4">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;zLjVuOENN4<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Pete Buttigieg &lpar;&commat;PeteButtigieg&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PeteButtigieg&sol;status&sol;1178973222613798912&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">October 1&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those outside the top tier are facing pressure to post competitive numbers or get out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They will not only face challenges paying for advertising to amplify their message&comma; but are also likely to struggle reaching fundraising thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee to qualify for future debates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you are being outraised three to one by Elizabeth Warren&comma; Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden&comma; you have no viable path to victory&comma;”<&sol;em> said Rufus Gifford&comma; Barack Obama’s former finance director&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even if you can compete in the early states … shortly thereafter you will run out of money&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over the summer&comma; Ms Harris kept up an aggressive fundraising schedule to stockpile the cash needed to build up her operation in early states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yet she did not improve on her past performance amid a series of stumbles and restarts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 11&period;6 million US dollars she reported raising keeps virtually even with her totals from each of the past two quarters&comma; suggesting she has not caught on with much of the party’s activist donor base&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; it is enough to keep her in contention in the months to come&comma; and Ms Harris’ campaign manager&comma; Juan Rodriguez&comma; said they were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;built to win this primary&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others face dimmer odds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cory Booker recently warned that unless he juiced his fundraising numbers by an additional 1&period;7 million US dollars he would likely have to drop out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The New Jersey senator announced Tuesday he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;proud” of his team for surpassing the goal while pulling in a total of six million US dollars for the quarter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But campaign manager Addisu Demissie then issued a memo stating they would have to do even better and raise three million US dollars by the end of October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">UPDATE&colon; We have now raised almost &dollar;15 million in small dollar donations &lpar;including 50&comma;000 NEW donors&rpar; since <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SpeakerPelosi&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;SpeakerPelosi<&sol;a> started this impeachment charade 72 hrs ago&excl; Unbelievable numbers&excl;&excl; Keep it going — you and the dems are handing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;realDonaldTrump<&sol;a> the win in 2020&excl; 🤛👍🇺🇸<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Eric Trump &lpar;&commat;EricTrump&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;EricTrump&sol;status&sol;1177714227756314625&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 27&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The third quarter came to a close as Mr Trump faces an impeachment inquiry in Congress related to his attempts to get the Ukrainian government to investigate Mr Biden&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The development has scrambled politics in Washington but has turned into a fundraising rallying cry for both major political parties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump has turned his outrage over the inquiry into a flood of campaign cash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump and the RNC reported raising 13 million US dollars in the three days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the probe last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And Mr Trump’s son Eric tweeted later that the total grew to 15 million US dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That is a source of worry for some Democrats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Trump’s presidency is wounded but not mortally wounded&comma; 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