Election objectors leaned on small donors after corporate PAC backlash

[DonViejo]

For many House Republicans who voted to overturn the election results, small donations helped offset the loss of corporate PAC money.

By ZACH MONTELLARO, THEODORIC MEYER and ALLAN JAMES VESTAL

04/16/2021 05:19 AM EDT

Updated: 04/16/2021 10:50 AM EDT

Most House Republicans who objected to the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory saw their small-dollar fundraising rise in the first three months of this year compared to the same quarter in 2019, helping to offset a decrease in PAC donations for most of those members, according to an analysis of quarterly campaign finance data due Thursday.

The rise in small-dollar donations is the latest indication that Republicans aren’t facing a major cash crunch three months after many corporate PACs vowed to stop giving to their campaigns.

While 56 of the 95 House Republican objectors whose filings POLITICO analyzed saw their fundraising decline compared with the first quarter of 2019, 42 saw it rise.

And a majority of them — 60 — saw their small-dollar fundraising go up compared with the first quarter of 2019.

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[PortTack]

1. With decreasing numbers of qgop members, the small donors will not be enough