Act Blue is the financial infrastructure for many real Liberals but we need to go further...
Bear with me ok? This is going to be a bit long-winded.
What I'm looking at is seeing something created similar to ActBlue, a database of 1K Liberal candidates(don't like the term Progressive, jmo) or more, at state, local and national level. The way this would work is that it would be set up to where you sign a pledge where you support said candidates, acknowledging that any money you donate unless otherwise specified will go to the candidate who most needs it at the time.
It will work on many factors: cost of media market, type of district(does it tend to go blue, purple, or red?), time to the primary, does it need more phonebanking?, etc.
Before you think it sounds like a PAC it would NOT be as for each candidate the MAX contribution would be $2700(that's the cap right?) and as soon as it hit the cap. it would be programmed to see the money shunted over to another candidate that needed it.
Priorities would obviously be first placed on national, state then local given the corresponding area of effect each have. You already know I support Bernie Dems. but I think I was clear when I said real Liberals.
Part of your donations would go to a team of journalists who would constantly be on assignment, interviewing and vetting said candidates to be put on the list, even getting permission from and printing various national and local publications from said area. This would list their general positions.
Basically I'm looking at this to be kind of an analytics/algorithm(?) type system to combat the Kochs and all the tentacles they've gotten into our state and even LOCAL places of government especially. I only say national right now because of how big a swing this can be for the Senate and shutting the Republicans out.
We all know kicking pieces of shit like Scott Walker and Rick Snyder out will be a priority. Imagine what we could've done with something like this in the effort to recall Rick Snyder OR Scott Walker.
edit: Let me be clear, when that money goes to the candidate it's up to their discretion how to use it.
