BOISE – From the beginning, millennials have flocked to Bernie Sanders. Yet getting that young flock of delegates to Monday’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia can be a challenge when the price tag ranges as high as $5,000.

Steep costs associated with both the Republican and Democratic conventions have caused an explosion of crowdfunding campaigns this year. But while online accounts have been launched on both sides of the aisle, the influx of young delegates trying to get to their first national convention has stemmed predominantly from the Sanders camp.

In Idaho, more than half of the 20 delegates pledged to support Sanders are millennials who created GoFundMe pages to help cover the costs of attending the convention. In comparison, just two of the state’s delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton created similar crowdfunding accounts, and one of Idaho’s four superdelegates created a GoFundMe account.

“I knew it would be a lot,” said Sanders delegate Chrystal Allen, of Boise. “The state party tried to inform everybody at the beginning what the price tag could potentially be”/Kimberlee Kruesi, AP. More here (subscription required).

Question: Have you ever used GoFundMe to raise money for something?

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