{"id":13743,"date":"2016-09-22T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=13743"},"modified":"2016-09-22T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T18:32:33","slug":"libertarian-candidate-gary-johnsons-fund-raising-accelerates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/09\/22\/libertarian-candidate-gary-johnsons-fund-raising-accelerates\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson\u2019s Fund-Raising Accelerates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson<\/a>\u2019s campaign raised nearly $5 million in August, more than three times what he raised the previous month and an unusually high figure for a third-party candidate.<\/p>\n

Mr. Johnson, who is one of the strongest third-party contenders in 20 years and qualified for the ballot in 50 states and Washington, D.C., raised $1.6 million in July, suggesting mounting support for his campaign as both major-party nominees continue to receive record-high unfavorable ratings. Mr. Johnson ended August with $2.5 million in the bank.<\/p>\n

No Libertarian presidential candidate had raised more than $1 million in a single month dating back to at least 1996, before which digital campaign finance records aren\u2019t available.<\/p>\n

Mr. Johnson raised more than $2.9 million online in the first two weeks of August alone, his campaign said. The campaign ran an online \u201cmoney bomb\u201d asking supporters to donate $15 by Aug. 15<\/a> with a goal of raising $1.5 million. Overall, more than 75% of the campaign\u2019s August haul came from donations of $200 or less.<\/p>\n

Source: Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson\u2019s Fund-Raising Accelerates – Washington Wire – WSJ<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n