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July & August ActBlue Stats: Not So Sleepy Summer

The latter months of summer can be slow at times in political fundraising. After passing the June 30th federal fundraising deadline (which exists for a number of states as well), donors can sometimes disappear. But over 50,000 donors later, nearly $6.7 million was raised through ActBlue in June and July for Democrats up and down the ballot.

The following shows our end of summer combined July & August statistics for activity on ActBlue.com.

Number of contributions 50,575
Total raised $6,691,950.48
Average Contribution size $132.32
Committees receiving money 1,718
Fundraising pages receiving money 1,609
Pages created 1,567

 

August exceeded July within each category above but let’s take a look at how this end of summer period compared to same time frame in 2008.

Jul/Aug 2008 Jul/Aug 2010 Change
Contributions 39,060 50,575 29%
Volume ($) $5,272,664 $6,691,950 27%
Mean Donation $134.99 $132.32 -2%
Committees 1,318 1,718 30%
Pages Created 1,311 1,567 20%
Pages w/ Money 1,255 1,609 28%

 

Once again, we’re looking our presidential year fundraising activity and then racing past it in every single category.

The Top 10 Candidates of July & August (by total raised) are a healthy mix–3 US Senate candidates, 3 Congressional, 2 Gubernatorial, 1 Lt. Governor’s, and 1 State Senate candidate.

Candidate Name

Joe Sestak
Race

 

PA-Sen, 2010Donors

3,100Raised

$414,748.50 Deval PatrickMA-Gov, 20101,412$278,193.14 Gavin NewsomCA-Lt Gov, 2010674$119,489.95 Chris CoonsDE-Sen, 2010301$74,059.04 Russ CarnahanMO-03, 2010104$61,383.12 Chet CulverIA-Gov, 2010138$51,946.00 Alan GraysonFL-08, 20102,582$49,605.74 Manan TrivediPA-06, 2010310$48,269.57 Jack ConwayKY-Sen, 20101,654$45,994.99 Gustavo RiveraNY-SD-33, 2010360$44,880.77

But if we look at the Top 10 Recipient Candidates & Organizations by donors instead, we see quite a few more races.

Name Race Donors Raised
PCCC Organization 3,339 $48,668.08
Joe Sestak PA-Sen, 2010 3,100 $414,748.50
Alan Grayson FL-08, 2010 2,582 $49,605.74
Democracy for America Organization 2,108 $30,370.76
David Segal RI-01, 2010 2,052 $41,990.06
Ann McLane Kuster NH-02, 2010 1,808 $23,413.05
Jack Conway KY-Sen, 2010 1,654 $45,994.99
Beth Krom CA-48, 2010 1,613 $38,689.43
Deval Patrick MA-Gov, 2010 1,412 $278,193.14
Tarryl Clark MN-06, 2010 1,374 $29,755.56

Not surprisingly, many of the campaigns with thousands of donors are a result of the following successful ActBlue fundraising pages from the past two months. You can click on the titles to view the pages and see how they use ActBlue thermometers, video, branded partnerships, and joint candidate fundraising effectively.

Name Raised Donors Average
graysonboldprogressives 1497 $30,622.45 $20.45
pccc_main 1244 $25,595.03 $20.57
dean-dfa-jointendorsement 1194 $45,249.81 $37.89
beatrepublicansin2010 1189 $53,716.49 $45.17
2010pccc 771 $21,726.23 $28.17
catfoodcommission 715 $14,009.30 $19.59
nn10grayson 624 $19,775.00 $31.69
weinercdthc 604 $18,219.00 $30.16
davidsegalpccc 446 $6,875.00 $15.41
gavinnewsom 416 $61,881.23 $148.75
teamdurbin4alexi 407 $17,495.00 $42.98

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