This may be part of the same phenomenon where the GOP controls most of the governorships and state legislatures (as well as the House, Senate, and White House). The Dems are at a serious disadvantage at the grass-roots level. Y’all are missing the point fulminating at the Koch brothers.
Generals are always ready to fight the last war. Democrats are trying to win with the coalition of minorities and special interests that won in 2008, and they don’t have Obama to lead it.
Look, liberals, I get it. You honestly and truly do not understand how the GOP works. What we on the other side are saying is, you honestly and truly do not understand how the GOP works.
And you won’t figure it out by talking to each other, because “each other” still honestly and truly does not understand either.
That’s a minimum of $16.2 million, which is not a small amount considering the election is still a year out.
Not a good sign for the GOP when their relatively thin majority requires the Democrats to flip about two dozen seats.
The article further points out that many of the challengers are running for office for the first time, which is an advantage in an anti-establishment wave election (cf. the 2010 Tea Party).
I have no real knowledge on the topic, but two things I could suggest are:
Unlike most Presidents, Trump has continued to campaign for President after being elected President. Potentially, a lot of this money is going straight to the RNC.
The Republicans realize that everything will go to hell in 2018 if the Democrats take the House, and they’re hoping that there might be the ever-so-slightest chance of preventing that, so they’ve devoted extra effort to fundraising in preparation.
But the thing is, as has been mentioned in this thread, the DCCC is far out raising its Republican counterpart. Those are the organizations responsible for congressional elections. So as far as the House is concerned, Democratic fundraising is going great. The RNC and DNC are responsible for presidential elections.