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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let's hear it for ActBlue! [View all]
ActBlue, the Democrats Not-So-Secret Weapon
By Lisa Lerer
There have been a lot of Democratic winners this election cycle. Many are historic firsts. More than two dozen are veterans. And more than 100 are women.
But all have at least one thing in common: ActBlue.
The online giving platform emerged as the piggy bank of the Democratic resistance in the 2018 midterms, funneling nearly $1.6 billion in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes. Thats more than an 80 percent increase over what it brought in four years ago.
And while ActBlue wasnt the sole source of small-dollar donors for Democrats, it was certainly a powerful one: The candidates, committees and organizations who used the platform more than 14,500 of them paid credit card transaction fees and, in turn, got to outsource their financial collections to tested, easy-to-use software. (The group, a nonprofit, funds its staff of about 100 through donations.)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/politics/on-politics-actblue-democrats.html
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Y'all been hiding actblue from me; I never had it so easy and simple to donate before.
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Yup, they let me place checkers all over the board. I always include the tip, to keep 'em chugging.
NBachers
Nov 2018
#4
Used ActBlue to donate to the Dems in the midterms. First used it to do Hillary donations for
iluvtennis
Nov 2018
#8
I'm glad that SOME people had positive experiences with Act Blue. It was the opposite for me
DFW
Nov 2018
#9
We all work for the same goal, regardless of how we contribute money. Take care. nt
Blue_true
Nov 2018
#27