Over 99.9 percent of Bernie Sanders' donors are still eligible under federal law to give more money to his presidential primary campaign — meaning the Vermont senator's wild fundraising numbers aren't likely to let up anytime soon. Sanders has raised nearly $41.5 million since April, The Huffington Post reports, with only .039 percent of those donors having hit the $2,700 maximum allowed in a primary. Of Sanders' 680,959 donors, only 270 have hit that donation ceiling.
Sanders average third-quarter donation was for $30, according to his campaign, and he was the first 2016 candidate to reach a million donors, helping him rake in $27 million in the third quarter. Hillary Clinton only leads by a nose: Her campaign raised $28 million in the same period.
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