within three-and-a-half hours after his announcement, sanders had raised over $1 million from small donations from all 50 states, breaking the record held by senator kamala harris after her presidential announcement. within 12 hours, sanders had raised over $4 million from 150,000 donors, and in the first 24 hours following his announcement, sanders raised $5.9 million from 225,000 small donations, with the average donation being $27. in november 2019, sanders said his campaign had over four million donations from individual donors, the largest than any other presidential candidate in american history.