# Doug Burgum GOP hopeful fundraising **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 12, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967 "2023-07-12T23:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/1 "2023-07-12T23:48:14Z")
> **[Doug Burgum is offering $20 to people donating $1 to his campaign. Is that...](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186991717/doug-burgum-gift-cards-gop-republican-primary-debate)** > > "Depending on the outcome, it will either be viewed as genius or the dumbest political move in history," political science professor Patricia Crouse told NPR. You know he’s overall someone who would appeal to the center. But this seems off. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/2 "2023-07-13T00:03:28Z")
> **[Vivek Ramaswamy is paying supporters to find him donors](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/10/vivek-ramaswamy-donors-00105275)** > > The longshot GOP candidate is launching a program to pay participants a cut of any money they raise. The stench of desperation is already in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/3 "2023-07-13T00:53:52Z")
Going to make it up in volume I assume. (I know, I know, the reasoning is explained in the article) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/4 "2023-07-13T01:01:48Z")
And the million it may cost him is pocket change hidden under the lint. I just don’t see how that is not going against the straw donors rule. It is reimbursement and then more than some. Some large sum of some. I’d like to see him on that stage though. No chance in hell any level of hell of getting the nod in today’s GOP but the contrast would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/5 "2023-07-13T01:58:49Z")
Doug Burgum used to have a spine. He did great things to build Great Plains and then sell it to MSFT for a ton of money. And it was prolly a good trade for MSFT. I met Doug at a MSFT internal mid-year review for the Greater China region when I worked at MSFT in the 2000’s. Smart guy, friendly, didn’t say much since the review was on China and not really in his wheelhouse. Say what you will about MSFT, but Doug would have been shit canned from MSFT for his views on - abortion ban after roughly six weeks of gestation. - He signed a law permitting government officials to ignore the preferred pronouns of their peers. - In November 2021, Burgum greenlighted legislation restricting instruction of critical race theory in K-12 schools ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/6 "2023-07-13T02:13:16Z")
He’s been accused of inauthenticity on those things, given that his record as a business leader was one of valuing diverse perspectives, in particular leadership at Great Plains included many strong women leaders. But to some degree whether or not his hateful views are authentic is immaterial: you say it and act on it then you are fairly judged by it. Still he seems like a smart person who knows how to lead teams of smart people. And you don’t Gabe a good chance to win a GOP nom without claiming those views. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-burgum-gop-hopeful-fundraising/986967/7 "2023-12-04T21:55:20Z")
> **[North Dakota Governor Burgum exits 2024 presidential race](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/north-dakota-governor-burgum-exits-2024-presidential-race-2023-12-04/)** > > Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota who struggled to find his footing in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Monday. _On the stump, he portrayed himself as a traditional, business-minded conservative…_ Well, I guess that’s not what Republican voters want these days, as he got almost no traction on that sorta thinking.