The Syrian opposition as yet lacks unity, and the breadth of its popular support is uncertain.
Indeed, it is even more confounding for the party, given the nature and breadth of its traditional support.
It is thought that Burnham has more than 70 nominations in the parliamentary Labour party and the breadth of his support is beginning to make it difficult for some of the other candidates such as Tristam Hunt, the shadow education secretary, and even Liz Kendall, the shadow health minister, to gather the 35 nominations from MPs they need to get on the ballot paper.
Once nominees began to be settled before conventions began, their purpose became persuading a party and a nation of the breadth of his support.
But he did believe that the $800 limit, while requiring more work, would demonstrate the breadth of his support by "spreading out the base, getting more people involved".
In a sign of the breadth of his support, Trump is ahead of the pack in deeply conservative Super Tuesday states such as Alabama, Georgia and Alaska, and Democratic-leaning states such as Minnesota.
Under the system, Mr. Cummings, who is running for the Maine House of Representatives, had to gather 50 contributions of $5 each to show the breadth of his support, and to pledge to accept no other donations.
He noted that Mr. DiNapoli's ability to raise nearly as much money as Mr. Suozzi did in about half the time "showed the width and breadth of his support".
Mr. Ferrer's campaign appearance with Mr. Koch and Mr. Sharpton, as well as with Ruth W. Messinger and Sal F. Albanese, the former city officials, was meant to demonstrate the breadth of his support.
The governor's filings, released on Monday, show the breadth of his support not just among average New Yorkers but also among some of the country's rich and powerful.
