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DonViejo

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Wed May 16, 2018, 10:45 AM May 2018

Democratic Small Donor Group Close to Raising a Massive $1 Billion For 2018 Midterms

Source: Mediate


by Ken Meyer | 9:16 am, May 16th, 2018

As America gets closer and closer to the 2018 midterm elections, it appears Democrats will be going in with a substantial war chest if ActBlue’s fundraising numbers are any indication.

The fundraising tech company announced that they have raised $783 million since January 2017 — the month of President Donald Trump‘s inauguration — to support pro-left causes and candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.






While the 2016 election came with an overall price tag of approximately $6.5 billion, ActBlue’s $783 million is already more than what Hillary Clinton spent on her presidential campaign. Obviously, that just goes to show money isn’t everything in politics, but it also shows Democrats are giving it all they’ve got in hopes for a blue wave to sweep through Congress.

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Democratic Small Donor Group Close to Raising a Massive $1 Billion For 2018 Midterms (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
Great news!!!! nt SWBTATTReg May 2018 #1
Democrats need every penny and more... beachbum bob May 2018 #2
Yes NewJeffCT May 2018 #7
Great start. GOTV costs money dalton99a May 2018 #3
Use Some of it to combat Russian dis-information campaigns. UCmeNdc May 2018 #4
great news NewJeffCT May 2018 #5
I Have Act Blue Express PaulX2 May 2018 #6
Awesome! workinclasszero May 2018 #8

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
4. Use Some of it to combat Russian dis-information campaigns.
Wed May 16, 2018, 12:25 PM
May 2018

Or better yet use the internet to put out your own disinformation messages.

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