GOP donor pool unexpectedly shrinks as midterms near

[brooklynite]

Politico

The number of online donors to the Republican Party unexpectedly dropped in the first half of 2022, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data — one in a series of setbacks that have tempered expectations of a red wave in November.

Online fundraising usually ramps up dramatically and predictably over the course of an election cycle. But campaign finance data show that in the first half of this year, the number of people giving federal contributions to Republican candidates and committees through WinRed — the GOP’s widely used donation processing platform — fell to around 913,000 down from roughly 956,000 contributors during the six months prior.

The surprising dip illustrates broader fundraising difficulties that have plagued GOP candidates in key races across the country this summer, even amid hopes that the party could retake control of Congress. It reflects the party’s long-standing challenges in building donor lists to power its campaigns.

At the same time, the POLITICO review partially exonerates one perceived culprit of the party’s fundraising woes: former President Donald Trump. Though Trump is by far the GOP’s top online fundraiser, the data suggest he is not siphoning large numbers of donors from Republican candidates and committees doing battle in the midterms. Only 13 percent of Republican online donors this cycle gave solely to the former president’s new political group.

[Phoenix61]

1. But every dollar they give to TFG is one less dollar any

candidate will ever get. Works for me!

[Wounded Bear]

2. Unfortunately, money is kind of like the guns...

A huge amount is hoarded by a small number of people.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. It doesn't matter. Corporate and oligarch money swamps all else. Some we know some not.

Just as the corporate media political ad department$ like it.

[Johonny]

4. They're bleeding these people dry

There are only so many scams they can donate too.