Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-democrats-fundraising-236619

Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising

Angry small donors plow millions into campaigns.
By Gabriel Debenedetti and Scott Bland

03/29/17 05:11 AM EDT


“Trump is the gift that keeps on giving,” said California Rep. Tony Cardenas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ BOLD PAC, which raised at least $555,000 online in February — more than it collected from individual donors during the entire first quarter of last year. | AP Photo

Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.

A POLITICO analysis of new federal disclosures suggests many Democratic Senate incumbents — particularly those who have been most outspoken in their resistance to Trump — are on a trajectory to raise more money online than ever before in a non-election year. That could help level the fundraising playing field at a time when Republicans are poised to reap the financial rewards of holding all the levers of power in Washington.

While comprehensive campaign finance data for both parties in the first quarter of 2017 won’t be released until next month, February figures reported to the Federal Election Commission by ActBlue, the left-leaning online fundraising platform, suggests both members of Congress and many progressive groups are harnessing the energy of town halls and marches and translating it into a surge of online fundraising well in advance of the 2018 election season.

Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate for an open House seat in Georgia, raised nearly $2.1 million online last month for his April special election. That’s more than Tom Price, the Republican who held the seat until his appointment as HHS Secretary, spent over the course of his entire 2016 campaign.

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Small donors, however, have stepped into the void, enabling many Democrats to bust through their online goals in recent weeks — particularly when the Trump administration has high-profile missteps or moments that have captured the country’s attention.

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1. hmmm

Doesn't mean shit if people sit on their fat asses and don't get out to vote. I wonder what would happen if ALL programs would be cut out completely. Yeah, the right wing would eliminate Medicare, Medicaid, Social security, Welfare, Food Stamps, Government sponsored food banks, and childcare. Let the education go private, and no more things many take for granted like libraries, and fire/police departments, medical services. Let's make all hospitals private, and let's say to the millions out of work, sorry, but your jobs are not coming back and we really don't give a shit.... well you think it won't happen? well it will if we keep this turd of a political party in power, so yes sit on your fat, complacent asses and don't vote.....