ActBlue still outraises WinRed, but the GOP platform is catching up
ActBlue’s latest campaign finance report shows it outraised WinRed, but the fundraising totals don’t express the full fundraising pictures for the two parties.
In Case You Missed It: OpenSecrets panel explores intersection of race and gender in 2020 election
Groups working on representation in politics are talking about OpenSecrets' recent panel discussion and report, “Which Women Can Run? The Fundraising Gap in the 2020 Elections’ Competitive Primaries.” In it, authors Grace Haley and Sarah Bryner found that while “women ran, donated and voted in record numbers during the 2020 elections,” intersectional barriers still make it difficult for women of color to fundraise at the same rate as white women."
‘A one-man scam Pac’: Trump’s money hustling tricks prompt fresh scrutiny (The Guardian) “Trump’s aggressive fundraising, using a variety of committees and surrogates, raises questions about whether his continual hints at running in 2024 is primarily a ploy for donations,” said Sheila Krumholz, who leads the non-partisan group OpenSecrets. “Trump may be more interested in fundraising than actually running, especially given how unprecedented his post-loss fundraising is.”
