Anyone know why politicians ask for $1 donations?

[lindysalsagal]

Is that reverse psychology? Does it get people to give $10?

[brooklynite]

1. It gets people to give their contact info...

[femmocrat]

2. So they can hit you up for more once they have your name and address.

Just my guess.

[lindysalsagal]

3. So, they bought my email from something else I did but want my snail and phone?

Ooooooohhhhhhhhh.

[marylandblue]

4. Foot in door technique

Someone who gives a dollar now is more likely to make bigger donation later.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. It's a small amount of money people can easily give, but then they have

your contact information and they can pester you forever.

[TeamPooka]

6. listbuilding. Then if you don't give again they can sell your info.

[lindysalsagal]

8. I never give money. Only as a member of aclu or FFReligion or common cause.

Never to politicians.

[The Wielding Truth]

7. Over 300 mil people - if 10% gives that's $30 mil dollars. Maybe that's the thought?

[flor-de-jasmim]

9. It helps in the 'number of small, individual donors' calculation

To help offset large donations.

[Marie Marie]

11. Ding Ding Ding Winner!

See how I am supported by the little people! That and, as others have stated, to get your info to hound you forever.

[lindysalsagal]

13. Riiiiight. Forgot about that.

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. It also brings down the "average donation"

hundreds of thousands of tiny donations will bring down the average amount and make it a little less less obvious that most of their money is coming from big corporate/billionaire donors.

[mulsh]

12. I had a very wealthy relative who owned a bar that cashed pay checks. They retianed the change eg.

on a $450.73 paycheck they kept the $.73. The bar made money hand over fist by doing this. Never underestimate the ability of small change to add up quickly is the lesson I learned from that relative.

Those $1.00 donations add up & it's an amount lots of people can afford.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Contact lists, engage voter, secondary donations, and water's down big donors (ex. avg. gives $25).