Wow! ACTBlue.com has received over $300,000,000 campaign donations in the last 8 years

[lebkuchen]

A couple of weeks ago the tally was just over $291,000,000. And the spinner just keeps on spinnin'.


That's really something. I'm impressed.

https://secure.actblue.com/

[frazzled]

1. Well, now anytime you make a contribution to ...

the DCCC, the DSCC, or any Democratic candidate running for the House or Senate, it goes through Act Blue.

I'm not sure when this started, but all the campaign or organization requests I've received over the past 7 or 8 months have worked this way when I click "contribute."

[bluestate10]

2. ActBlue is a very good, ethical organization. I trust the group with my contributions. nt

[lebkuchen]

4. $10 million in about two weeks is pretty darn good

Sure hope the "horses" I bet on come in first. It will make election night that much more interesting since several of the candidates I contributed to, about 20+ in all, I'd never heard of before. I do like their platforms, though, very much. There are some excellent candidates this year with fascinating backgrounds, Val Demings being one of them.

[frazzled]

6. I think my point wasn't clear

I've been donating to the DSCC and DCCC and several candidates all year. I've never gone to Act Blue to do so, yet the donations always go "through" Act Blue. These organizations and candidates are all now using the Act Blue to process online donations (presumably so they don't have to run their own online operations). There's always a menu of buttons to click to give a "tip" to Act Blue, as a sort of "service charge" for the processing.

So I'm saying the reason the numbers are so high are not necessarily because people follow Act Blue and their recommendations or even know what Act Blue is. If you get an email from Nancy Pelosi to donate to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, you are getting tallied in Act Blue's totals, even if you have no idea what Act Blue is; or if (as I did yesterday) you give some money in response to a local email from Tammy Duckworth's campaign to keep an ad running, it goes "through" Act Blue, too.

Their tally is for all (non-presidential) campaign donations that they process.

[lebkuchen]

7. I understood the first time but appreciate your explanation

I'd been watching the ActBlue figures no matter where they were coming from for at least 8 weeks, and the numbers weren't moving very quickly. They stood at $291,000,000 for a long time. Considering how donations were being channeled by all Dem organizations and private donors, as you had explained, and considering how slowly the ticker was moving, I'd thought then that we'd be lucky to break $292,000,000. So I was very pleased, and surprised, to see the $300,000,000 so soon before the election.

[tosh]

3. I just took a peek and Jim Graves

is in the TOP 3 for the week!

Go Graves - Bring Bachmann Down!!

[lebkuchen]

5. Outstanding!!

I gave him $100 already. I won't give more to the same candidates unless their races continue to be very close.

I really want Carmona to catch up, as well as Warren to finish strong.