By mid-December, the Sanders campaign had received 2.3 million individual campaign contributions.
In Section 5, we focus on a number of individual campaigns to present their characteristics.
"Individual candidates matter, and individual campaigns matter," said Canter.
In the lingo of political fund-raising, it was a "donor maintenance event" intended to further excite the party's most moneyed supporters into calling more friends to write $2,000 checks, the maximum per individual, to the campaign.
But as the latest election on April 5 — the first to fall entirely within the new campaign finance rules — showed, the $1,000-per individual limit had a negligible impact on voter participation, which so far stands at roughly 22%.
The FEC limits individuals' campaign contributions to $5,400 per candidate: $2,700 for the primaries, and another $2,700 during the general election.
Reports also suggested cabinet wanted to cap tax-deductible donations to each campaign at $1,500 per individual.
With that in mind, Thompson advisers said the budding campaign would follow conventional campaign rules, including a $2,300 limit per individual contribution for the primary.
While checks to the campaign are limited to $5,000 per individual — $2,500 each for the primary season and the general election — donors to the party committee can give as much as $30,800 each.
Standard FEC contribution limits apply here: Ellison's campaign committee can accept up to $2,700 per individual donor, and Everybody Counts Everybody Matters PAC can receive up to $5,000 per individual donor per year.
Standard FEC contribution limits apply here: Ellison's campaign committee can accept up to $2,700 per individual donor, and Everybody Counts Everybody Matters PAC can receive up to $5,000 per individual donor per year.
