• thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’d be happier to hear if she’s getting a lot of small dollar donors. There’s been a lot of news about billionaires making donations and plainly demanding lower tax rates, firing Lina Khan, etc

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      2 months ago

      She has been getting lots of small dollar donors. Many of the earlier headline touted figured were actually only looking at small donors. Not only that but large numbers of first time donors

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      But the August haul comes on the heels of largely small donors (those giving less than $200) and first-time donors contributing to Harris’ July fundraising. In the first week of her campaign, roughly two-thirds of donations came from first-time donors