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 |