by Jess Aloe
The “Grassroots for Sanders” (click here) campaign organized around an online message board has raised over $1 million for Bernie Sanders.
The board, with over 150,000 subscribers, is a subsection of the online discussion site Reddit, which allows users to organize around topics. A Montpelier-based former grape picker, Aidan King, started the Sanders for President board in 2013, alongside David Fredrick. King now works with the campaign as a digital organizer.
Over $50,000 of the million came in during the 48-hour period surrounding Sanders' appearance on CNN's Democratic town hall forum, which aired Monday night. It took the board six months to raise its first half-million, but only about a month to raise the second....
Very important Americans have found a message they can accept as their own. It is amazing to me to realize how Bernie's message resonates. They needed him to coalescence their conscience. It is a great movement and validates the solid understanding of what America is all about. They are succeeding in bringing their message to a national stage. I am impressed. The generational span of Bernie's message is rather impressive. He is America.
