BASH: Democratic candidates have raised about $75 million just so far in their race to unseat Donald Trump. That's what we're learning from the latest campaign finance reports. Of all of the 2020 Democrats that you see there on the screen, Bernie Sanders raised the most money in the first three months of this year. His hall tops $18 million. Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren round out the top five. When it comes to the others, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro did not raise as much money as lesser known candidates like Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang and Yang also came out on top with small donors second only to Bernie Sanders. Now, both men had more than 80 percent -- 80 percent of their money coming from individual contributions of $200.00 or less. Let's talk about this and much, much more with David Chalian, CNN's political director. Let's start with the big picture about this money and how much everybody has raised. What surprises you?</s>DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Well, I mean, your graphics there laid it out perfectly. You see what an advantage Bernie Sanders has, that's huge. Now, money is not everything in politics Dana, as you know, I mean, Donald Trump was certainly outspent by Hillary Clinton in the last election. But it is a thing that matters, and it matters a lot. Money begets money. It increases the amount of staff you can have, how many television ads you could put on, what your organization looks like. And it shows durability that you're here for the long haul, Bernie Sanders has all of that.</s>BASH: And I just want to drill down on something that I know that you are super interested in and I mentioned it, but I want to know what you make of it. The fact that when you talk about small donors, we can pull that back up on the screen. Bernie Sanders did the best. But look who is right behind him, Andrew Yang, who was part of a CNN Town Hall here on Sunday, who I venture to say a lot of people say who?</s>CHALIAN: Right.</s>BASH: And look how well he did.</s>CHALIAN: And what is so important understand about this. So this is people who contribute less than $200, right?
Democratic Candidates Raised About $75 Million So Far In Their Race To Unseat Donald Trump.