Bernie Sanders makes history with 2 million individual campaign contributions

The self-proclaimed socialist shatters President Barack Obama’s record of 1 million donations

Bernie Sanders speaks at Capitol Hill. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty)

Senator Bernie Sanders is riding high in December.

Just days before the third Democratic debate on ABC, the Vermont Senator has collected 2 million individual campaign donations. He's become the first presidential candidate to do so, surpassing President Barack Obama's previous record of 1 million individual donations in 2008.

"Accomplishing this goal would represent an unprecedented outpouring of support for any presidential challenger in our nation's history," the Sanders campaign wrote to supporters via email earlier this week.

"And I know that if we continue to stand together, we will win. If we are divided, the big-money interests win. Let us never forget that this country belongs to all of us, and not just a handful of billionaires."

Still, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has raised more money than the Sanders campaign $77.5 million to $41.5 million, the Washington Post reports.

​Senator Sanders also gained a major endorsement on Wednesday by the Communications Workers of America, a union who represents 700,000 workers in the US. He's also been endorsed by National Nurses United and the American Postal Workers Union.