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 | | Subject: Republicans Massive Drop-Off in Online Fundraising Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:58 pm | |
| 7-27-2022
Republicans confront massive drop-off in online fundraising.
While donations typically ramp up as the election draws nearer, exactly the opposition has happened. A Times analysis of the GOP grassroots fundraising platform WinRed found a 12% decrease from first to second quarter in the total amount donated to all federal Republican campaigns. But the slowdown has also affected the major GOP campaign committees along with Donald Trump's political operation.
Making matters even worse, the Democrats' online donations through Act Blue jumped more than 21% in the second quarter, an increase that nearly doubled the GOP's downturn.
n the last three quarters (including the in final quarter of 2021), Democratic online fundraising outpaced GOP fundraising by $100 million.
The sudden slowdown and widening gap, has sent Republicans into a frenzy trying to figure out what's going on. The fact that Trump is their biggest fundraising draw just doubles their pain because none of the money he takes in goes toward the GOP's candidates. In fact, one of the few candidates Trump tried to help to the tune of some $500,000, former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, got clobbered in his gubernatorial bid against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
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