Here’s the short version: $27 million sent to Democrats via ActBlue with an average donation under $50. That’s incredible. To put it in perspective, we tripled the amount of money we sent over the same period in 2011, and quadrupled the number of donations. We sent that money to twice as many campaigns. So when we talk about grassroots power, we’re talking 8 figures.
| Number of contributions | 582,951 |
|---|---|
| Total raised | $27,186,771.78 |
| Average Contribution size | $46.64 |
| Committees receiving money | 2,476 |
A for-profit company would love to take these numbers to their shareholders. Since we’re a non-profit, we’re bringing them to you. While 2012 is a presidential election year and that pushes the numbers upward, you can glance at our 2008 numbers to see how much we’ve grown over the interim.
| Q2 2008 | Q2 2011 | Q2 2012 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions | 61,617 | 142,027 | 582,951 | 310% |
| Volume ($) | $13,423,736.96 | $9,110,160.70 | $27,186,771.78 | 198% |
| Mean Donation | $217.86 | $64.14 | $46.64 | -27% |
| Committees | 1,390 | 1,106 | 2,476 | 124% |
Here are the five top committees, by number of donors, for Q2 2012.
| Name | Race | Donors | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCCC | Party Committee | 182,345 | $5,343,811 |
| Tom Barrett | WI-Gov | 26,827 | $2,010,889 |
| DSCC | Party Committee | 46,091 | $1,875,056 |
| Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Party Committee | 45,048 | $1,105,153 |
| PCCC | Organization | 24,270 | $244,764 |
