Case Study: Friends of Bernie Sanders raises 4x its fundraising goal with Restream

Friends of Bernie Sanders raises $80,000 in under 2 hours with Restream

The customer, Friends of Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential campaign committee, needed to adapt to the changing landscape of political campaigning. Their challenge was to find new ways to reach a wider audience, engage supporters more deeply, and raise funds effectively, especially as events moved online. The vendor, Restream, provided its services, including its multistream feature, to help the campaign broadcast events to multiple online platforms simultaneously.

Restream's solution enabled the campaign to live stream events like town halls and a fundraiser featuring The Strokes. For the concert, the team used gamification by superimposing a live leaderboard that tracked the highest donations, which encouraged virtual attendees to compete and donate more. This approach resulted in the campaign raising over $80,000 in under two hours, which was four times their initial fundraising goal, demonstrating the powerful impact of Restream's platform on their success.

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