Attendees described the senior campaign officials' remarks as a 'rah rah speech' – and a call to beef up fundraising efforts in order to pick up delegates in earlier primary states such as Nevada and South Carolina.
Joe Biden's campaign informed donors over the weekend that it is hoping to ramp up in-person and online fundraising as it sets its sights on the pivotal primary day of Super Tuesday in March.
According to attendees who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the private nature of the talks, senior campaign officials told leading Biden fundraisers, or bundlers, that the campaign is looking to boost the number of its fundraising events and bolster its online donor program in a bid to dominate Super Tuesday. California, North Carolina and Texas all hold their primaries that day.
Attendees described the senior campaign officials' remarks as a "rah rah speech" – and a call to beef up fundraising efforts in order to have the best chance at picking up delegates in earlier primary states such as Nevada and South Carolina. These primaries are scheduled for February, after the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. In the most recent surveys, Biden is ahead of the pack in Nevada and South Carolina but slightly behind in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The former vice president's tally for the period was less than the takes for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. While the campaign gave the impression to donors that it may spend more online, Biden's political organization has seen a dip in Facebook ad spending over the past 30 days. The social media giant's ad library shows the campaign has spent over $280,000 on Facebook ads since Sept. 5, which was less invested than
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