Sentences with phrase «small dollar donors»

She's proud to run a campaign fueled by thousands of small dollar donors from across New York City,» campaign spokesman Angel Vazquez said.

By contrast, Republican challenger Rob Astorino, who began his campaign earlier this year, has raised the bulk of his $ 4 million from small dollar donors as he struggles to compete with Cuomo on the fundraising battle.

AAN may have carried out «grassroots organizing,» but a crucial section of the network's tax return shows the money for that organizing didn't come from grassroots sources such as local activists or small dollar donors.

Not exact matches

And we then targeted them with a with a donor solicitation or small dollars solicitation campaign to ask them to send donations in.

He continues to energize small - dollar donors, FEC filings show.

While Clinton continued to outpace her Republican rival, Trump pulled in more than double what Clinton raised from small - dollar donors, whose support is often taken as a gauge of grassroots enthusiasm.

But Sanders has built a powerful base of small - dollar donors willing to give to him again and again, putting him at near parity financially with Clinton's campaign.

Her grassroots fundraising will likely pick up now that she's locked up the nomination, and while she hasn't equalled Bernie Sanders's small - dollar donor base, she's still raised a sizable amount of money through email so far.

Bernie Sanders may dominate the small - dollar - donor battlefield on the Democratic side of the presidential race, but he's not the only one growing a list of grassroots supporters.

The result: tens of millions of dollars from small donors, people that the campaign can go back to over and over for money.

As we noted in the 2008 election cycle, online small - dollar donors can profoundly change the political fundraising dynamic:

Fundraising: Speaking of money, online fundraising is where it's at, whether you're building a network of small - dollar grassroots donors or trying to increase the efficiency of your big - money bundlers.

What we got this weekend was our first hint that it might be joined by an actual, intentional EFFORT to raise money from small - dollar donors and join the modern campaign - funding world.

Here's what I'm getting at: in a Citizens United world, one in which individual wealthy people can poor billions of dollars into our political process at will, digital campaigners (particularly on the Left) feel immense pressure to raise money from small donors.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

Clinton had an aggressive small - dollar donor operation as well, but her biggest source was larger donations, many of which came via the networks of her hundreds of bundlers.

Institute a statewide public financing system based on the one used by NYC, which matches every dollar in small donor contributions with six dollars in public funds

Still, Kickstarter - style crowdfunding campaigns are a natural evolution in online fundraising, with small - dollar donor programs and Ron Paul - style moneybombs pointing the way toward greater and greater citizen involvement in campaign financing.

Far from swept away by torrents of money flowing from individual big - dollar donors, the Democrats and their small - dollar donors are holding their own.

Obama's fundraising over the same period relied on plenty of big - dollar donors as well, but even then his campaign noted the advantage that a much larger base of small - dollar donors gave them: «Obama spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki repeated the campaign's emphasis on the 98 percent of its donations that were $ 250 or less — meaning that those donors are under the limit and can continue to contribute.»

Obama's team carefully constructed of a long - term engagement campaign built on a base of repeat small - dollar donors who could also fund its TV advertising.

Last week I had the privilege of going on Karen Jagoda's Digital Politics Radio show, where we talked at length about the DSCC and other Democratic groups» grassroots outreach and media spending to try to salvage the 2014 elections, largely funded by small - dollar online donors.

Russell, a minister and community leader with a wide range of business experience, has raised the most public matching funds, almost $ 43,000, thanks to a broad base of small - dollar donors.

Nixon's campaign is trying to build on the playbook established by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016, when he was able to draw thousands of small - dollar donors, a move intended to highlight his lack of fealty to special interests and corporations.

Public Matching Funds in NYC Amplify Voices of Small Donors New York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their distSmall Donors New York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar contributions from constituents in their distsmall - dollar contributions from constituents in their district.

Stefanik prides herself on raising substantial dollars from small upstate donors, as well as expending substantial quantities of shoe leather (or, in her case, Nike ethylene vinyl acetate) to meet voters face - to - face.

Advocates spent a million dollars on television ads and countless hours lobbying and holding demonstrations in favor of adopting a publicly funded, matching small donor system for statewide races, including the governor and the legislature.

More than half of the contributions Pilon received came in from small - dollar donors giving $ 200 or less.

«Our campaign's focus on grassroots, small - dollar donors has powered us to more than 11,000 contributions, and we are now fully funded for a Primary campaign,» said Elana Leopold, finance director for de Blasio's campaign, in a statement.

Though he was tainted by a fund - raising scandal last year that led to the convictions of campaign staffers, Mr. Liu dwarfed Mr. Avella's fund - raising haul: relying on a combination of local corporations and small donors from around the nation, Mr. Liu pulled in more than a half million dollars for his eastern Queens bid.

Although incumbents tend to have a leg up in fundraising, the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program ensures that first - time candidates and those with little access to wealthy donors can run serious campaigns by matching small dollar donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio up to a certain amount.

Over the past two years, nearly all of his campaign funds have come from thousand - dollar - plus contributions, which seems a far cry from the kind of small - donor - driven operation typified by Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign in the last Democratic presidential primary.

Back in 2008, Barack Obama's success at recruiting an army of online small - dollar donors gave him a tremendous advantage in the long primary battle against Hillary Clinton, and his subsequent general election contests.

Cuomo's small - dollar donors are relatively few, especially when compared to his GOP opponent: Only 1,257 donors have given under $ 100, or less than a full percentage point of his overall cash raised.

The group itself says it is funded by small - dollar donors raised from «grassroots» contributions.

The gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon is touting her success in the first week of fundraising from small - dollar donors, saying she has raised more money in modest donations than Gov. Andrew Cuomo has over the last seven years.

Coupled with his appeals to small donors over the Internet, Mr. Obama has maintained an aggressive, high - dollar fund - raising schedule.

Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.

The campaign did not respond to an email seeking a breakdown of the number of individual donors, how many of from are from within the district and the amount of small dollar donations under $ 200.

De Blasio has drawn criticism from good government groups for his use of the Campaign for one New York, which allowed donors with business before the city to give in amounts far greater than the small dollar limits imposed by the city's campaign finance system.

Indeed, it took just 32 billionaires and corporations, giving an average of $ 9.9 million apiece to Super PACs, to match every single dollar that small donors gave to the Romney and Obama campaigns combined.

Enneking's campaign account shows nearly 200 contributions for April, and like her previous report, the vast majority came in from small - dollar donors within the borders of the North Central Florida Senate district.

Here's where it gets weird: between Bachmann and Miller on the list of top small - dollar fundraisers is House Minority Leader John Boehner, who raised $ 1.4 million — nearly a third of his total haul so far this cycle — from small donors.

Mr. Obama has had success with small - dollar donors, who have fueled contributions directly to his presidential campaign.

A review of its Federal Election Commission filing shows that many of its donations have come from ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising site, as well as from repeat individual donors writing multiple small - dollar checks.

Power, an Oldsmar retirement plan consultant, showed $ 5,320 in fundraising including the loan, with the remaining money coming in from seven small - dollar donors, including two individuals who cut checks for $ 100.

314 Action, raising millions of dollars for candidates, is not required to disclose donors but says most gifts are small

And we then targeted them with a with a donor solicitation or small dollars solicitation campaign to ask them to send donations in.

Bernie Sanders raised tens of millions of dollars from donors giving less than $ 200, and Donald Trump has effectively leveraged his various platforms to drive Republicans to the highest small donor numbers in the party's history.

The campaign tapped Cambridge to build out a database of small - dollar GOP donors, a dataset the company had from its prior work for the Cruz and Carson campaigns.