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gristy

(10,667 posts)
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:26 AM Oct 2020

Ok, I'm going to make one more round of campaign donations (we're 3 pts behind!!)

While doing so I will imagine that we are 3 pts behind...

Here are the groups I'm thinking of donating to. Please critique and offer suggestions.

Campaigns:
DSCC
DCCC
Swing Left
Biden/Harris

Non-campaign (100% match from my employer):
ACLU (election monitoring and lawsuits)

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Ok, I'm going to make one more round of campaign donations (we're 3 pts behind!!) (Original Post) gristy Oct 2020 OP
All money anywhere is good but Statistical Oct 2020 #1
I've given directly to Senate candidates who plausibly can win who need $ the most Tom Rinaldo Oct 2020 #2
DCCC and Biden/Harris are flush with cash. beastie boy Oct 2020 #3

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
1. All money anywhere is good but
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:30 AM
Oct 2020

for me it is all about the Senate. Either DSCC or giving to specific tossup Senate races.

At this point I am fairly confident Biden wins and it is all but certain that the Democrats retain the House but if Biden wins without a blue senate he can't do much but put out the fires and hope for a Blue Senate in two years. Zero Republicans will ever vote for anything proposed by Biden or the Democratic House. Zero. So without a majority in the Senate nothing will pass.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
2. I've given directly to Senate candidates who plausibly can win who need $ the most
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:34 AM
Oct 2020

I've also contributed to Biden/Harris and The Lincoln Project. The latter earned my support by being loyal to our Democracy and Constitution rather than to a Republican Project. And they are effective, IMO, at flipping White College educated Republicans and white suburban Republican women away from Trump toward Biden.

beastie boy

(9,421 posts)
3. DCCC and Biden/Harris are flush with cash.
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:50 AM
Oct 2020

Of the organizations you listed, DSCC and Swing Left could probably use your donations most. Donating to the Senate campaigns seems to me the place where your money will make the most difference. But I would focus even more on specific campaigns that are likely to make the most impact. I donated to three Democrats (well, to be more precise, three non-Republicans: Gross is technically an Independent) who are running for Senate: Harrison of SC, Ossoff of GA and Gross of AK. These races are awfully close and I feel my donations can make the most bang for the buck in affecting the composition of the Senate next year.

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