Bernie Sanders raises $5 mn since New Hampshire victory
- 8 years ago
White House hopeful Bernie Sanders raised a staggering $5 million in the 18 hours since winning New Hampshire's primary, his campaign announced Wednesday, further evidence he can mount a protracted Democratic nomination battle against Hillary Clinton.
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who represents Vermont in the US Senate as an independent, prides himself on having raised small donations from more than three million Americans, and not a handful of billionaire donors whom he has accused of seeking to buy US presidential elections.
Supporters broke into applause and chanted "Bernie, Bernie" as the Vermont senator arrived at Sylvia's restaurant in New York's Harlem neighborhood, the same soul food eatery where Sharpton met then-candidate Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign.
Sanders told Sharpton, a prominent African-American civil rights leader, that high voter turnout will be crucial in Nevada and South Carolina, the next states in the US presidential nomination process, according to an excerpt of their conversation broadcast on MSNBC .
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who represents Vermont in the US Senate as an independent, prides himself on having raised small donations from more than three million Americans, and not a handful of billionaire donors whom he has accused of seeking to buy US presidential elections.
Supporters broke into applause and chanted "Bernie, Bernie" as the Vermont senator arrived at Sylvia's restaurant in New York's Harlem neighborhood, the same soul food eatery where Sharpton met then-candidate Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign.
Sanders told Sharpton, a prominent African-American civil rights leader, that high voter turnout will be crucial in Nevada and South Carolina, the next states in the US presidential nomination process, according to an excerpt of their conversation broadcast on MSNBC .