As the Washington Post reported this weekend, ActBlue has raised more than $21 million for Democrats this cycle. That’s ten times our totals at this point in 2006, and it’s great news for downballot campaigns across the country. We’ll have more to say on this in our March newsletter, but in the meantime, check out Matthew Mosk’s article .
ActBlue Reports Raising $21 Million
The Washington Post [The Trail]
By Matthew Mosk
There have been plenty of signs of the huge advantage Democrats appear to hold in the arena of Internet fundraising this year.
Barack Obama’s $55 million haul in February, for instance.
The latest sign comes via the web site ActBlue.com, which collects contributions for Democrats up and down the ballot.
The website reported today that it has so far raised $21,226,219 for Democratic candidates who face election in November. This has been significant for presidential contenders — who have collectively raised $5,064,291 from the site so far. (Most of that was directed to John Edwards, who used the site as his primary means of collecting online donations.)But the more substantial impact of the site’s efforts are likely to be felt by congressional candidates, according to Marissa Doran, who serves as director of strategy and communications for the site. The site has enabled donors around the country to direct money to targeted races, often ones identified and promoted by liberal blogs.
Republicans have attempted to match the effort on a handful of similar sites, but to date have not found the traction of ActBlue.
