2011: February Statistics
The story of February (and, it seems likely, March) was Wisconsin. In many ways, Wisconsin is a perfect example of what ActBlue can do. When the story first broke, there was little hint that the conflict between Gov. Walker and Democrats in the state senate would escalate as it did. As the story unfolded, day by day, ActBlue provided a crucial channel for Democrats across the country to support their counterparts in Wisconsin. That story is best told through our February numbers:
| Number of contributions | 34,500 |
|---|---|
| Total raised | $2,228,226.55 |
| Average Contribution size | $64.59 |
| Committees receiving money | 562 |
| Fundraising pages receiving money | 538 |
| Pages created | 313 |
Our infrastructure is benchmarked for national political events, and provided to every committee listed on ActBlue. Wisconsin was a particularly concise demonstration of why that way of doing business matters. We put national tools in the hands of a state party as it nucleated what may become one of the defining political struggles of this cycle.
| Feb 2007 | Feb 2009 | Feb 2011 | Change | |
| Contributions | 4,955 | 6,613 | 34,500 | 422% |
| Volume ($) | $553,238.44 | $1,296,968.44 | $2,228,226.55 | 72% |
| Mean Donation | $111.65 | $196.12 | $64.59 | -67% |
| Committees | 107 | 364 | 562 | 54% |
| Pages Created | 103 | 327 | 313 | -4% |
| Pages w/ Money | 101 | 326 | 538 | 65% |
And here are the five top committees, by number of donors, for February 2011.
| Name | Race | Donors | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee | Organization | 20,430 | $475,502 |
| PCCC | Organization | 6,368 | $83,118 |
| Democracy for America | Organization | 3,478 | $42,227 |
| Daily Kos | Organization | 2,350 | $19,580 |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA-08 | 2,154 | $22,588 |
if you think the unions or the federal government care about you, you are mistaken.
At least the unions will help you as much as they can, while the government and rich corporations will take away from you as much as they can. They act like the working class is getting money that should be theirs, so if they keep the working class down, there will be a greater divide in the rich & poor.
unions care and fight
there are something important to us that we need to do collectively and demand, proper pay, weekends, job security etc.
unions fight for all, corporations fight for the few.
yeah keep drinking the cool aid when was the last time your fat cat union leaders took you out to dinner? Didn’t think so. Don’t rely on anyone but yourself.
unions where good after the depression when men knew what it was like not to have a job now union workers feel that because they showed up to work the day is over and they should be paid. we live in a lazy society. how much more do you union people want me to pay. i know union workers if there wasn’t a union they would starve to death because they are lazy not because of the company. if i owned a company i want people that work and are smart not dead wood