Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumNew York Times map of donor concentration.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/02/us/politics/2020-democratic-fundraising.htmlInteresting maps. There are two candidates that seem to have nation-wide appeal. The donors for the rest of the candidates donors seem to be concentrated regionally. Ill leave it to you to figure out who.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,828 posts)Thanks for the thread aidbo.
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wysimdnwyg
(2,233 posts)Given both had substantial mailing lists from which to work going into the race. Warren's national support is impressive, as is that of Buttigieg. It's not at all surprising that some of the candidates have a stranglehold on their own states. Nor is it surprising that Harris does NOT have a significant stranglehold on California, given the nature of that state and its donors (many of whom are quite wealthy, and are making sizable contributions to their candidate of choice).
I do think it's interesting, but the only parts that are the least bit surprising to me are the spread of support for Warren and Buttigieg.
Also, I know that wasn't your intent (or likely that of the authors), but I can't help when I look at these but to think about the trope maps that Republicans have put out for years showing the overwhelming red of the country when they show red/blue by majority vote in counties. Of course, that doesn't take into consideration the number of people in each county, so 10 counties with 100 people each who vote 51% Republican appear to count for more than one county with 1M people that votes 80% Democratic.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(12,033 posts)which I found surprising.
I think this demonstrates that many on DU are underestimating Sanders' broad national appeal, as well as the left-wing's (Sanders+Warren) broad national appeal. There are relatively few areas where Biden is doing better than either one of them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wysimdnwyg
(2,233 posts)If this is counting all donations since their campaigns were official, the early entrants have a significant advantage. I think this kind of map would be more telling if you could see last 30/60/90 days.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...is data for itemized contributions or contributions through ActBlue.
With that data, BS has 28,000 contributors and $26 million. Biden has 13,000 contributors and $19 million. Extrapolating that Biden would have 26,000 contributors and $38 million.
Of course, this doesn't include all the un-itemized contributions for which we have zero information except the way the campaigns spin it. We don't know the names, addresses, or amounts, or even more importantly how many times the same contributor gave.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DownriverDem
(6,266 posts)who can win the Electoral College which means state by state. When are folks going to focus on that?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(12,033 posts)You can zoom in on the states you care about, and see who they are most supporting.
Though that tells you much more about how they are faring against each other than about how any of them would fare against Trump, which is where the electoral college comes into play.
So while this is interesting in seeing the breadth of national support some of our candidates have, you really have to look at other polls to get the answer to your question. Which doesn't necessarily make this information useless.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Take Sanders out of the equation and Warren has the edge in most of those states, Buttigieg has some strong pockets of support in Wisconsin and Ohio, and Biden does well in PA and FL. So if you're looking at state by state, more Sanders and Warren supporters are putting their money where their vote is in the states that are going to matter.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)...."small contributions" that went directly to the campaigns, about which we know nothing. The names, addresses, and amounts are undisclosed to the public.
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appalachiablue
(41,399 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
progressoid
(50,106 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)you don't plan to summarize the article? It wastes people's time, IMO.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden