Big Growth in Democrats' Small Donors (OpenSecrets.org)

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Big Growth in Democrats' Small Donors

With all the attention focused on the GOP presidential horserace coming out of the Iowa caucuses, there are plenty of political stories going untold in the naked city.

One of the biggest may be the success the Democrats' congressional fundraising arms have had with small donors. Contributors of $200 or less gave a total of $21.5 million to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) through November 2011, up from $13.2 million during the same period in 2009, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics. That's a gain of 62 percent. And the DCCC overall has actually raised more than $4 million more this year than it did two years earlier.

Its Republican counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee, saw an increase from small donors of just 18 percent, from $10.7 million through the first 11 months of 2009 to $12.6 million during the same period in 2011.

The DCCC's numbers are no accident, of course, but the response to the committee's fundraising efforts has exceeded expectations, according to spokesman Jesse Ferguson.


"We've focused on expanding our online and grassroots base of supporters," Ferguson said in an email to OpenSecrets Blog, "and the response has been better than we could have anticipated." He cited flash points such as Republican votes on Medicare and the recent tangle over extending the payroll tax cut as times when small donors have been particularly responsive.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/01/the-bigger-role-of-small-donors.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. K&R

Hope the GOTV increases as well!!

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2. Just an FYI. I make a very small, auto donation every month. They're working to take back the House.

And they're fine with my bit part in the financing end of campaigns.

We need the House to be effective with Democratic agenda items.

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3. Thanks for doing that!