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Have you made any yet? To whom? And if you don’t mind, how much?
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Do you plan on making any between now and the election? To whom? And again, if you don’t mind, how much (you can give a ballpark figure like “Between $100 and $200.”)?
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Have you made financial donations to past presidential candidates? To whom? And, how much (ballpark is fine)?
- I haven’t made any yet.
- I will probably make a donation (or multiple small ones) to Hillary’s campaign at some point. Probably between $50 and $100.
- I donated to Obama in both '08 and '12, probably in the ballpark of $100 each time.
I have never made a political donation at all. Whenever I have been tempted, I can’t get over the fear that they would not respect my wish to avoid further contact and bug the heck out of me through the phone or email.
I threw Clinton a few bucks earlier ($15? $30?) – I can’t remember if I donated $15 once or twice.
When Obama was running in 2008, I probably gave upwards of $300 in small donations over the course of the campaign. In 2012, maybe half that.
I get bugged more (via phone) by the DSCC and DCCC than presidential campaigns. I do get emails but clicking the “Stop bugging me” link has always worked.
I’ve never made any monetary donations. However, I did volunteer for the Obama campaign in 2012 and plan to volunteer for the Hillary campaign this year.
Exactly the same for me.
My wife has give a few$50s to Hillary. I’ve given to $1,500 for our governor’s race this year, and a bit to the WA Senate race (Patty Murray). Also given to some PACs supporting democratic House and Senate candidates. A few $100 contributions to some local judicial races. Before November, if the presidential race looks close at all, I’ll max out for Hillary.
I have never made a direct monetary donation and never intend to.
If I strongly supported a candidate, I would find a way to volunteer for the organization and donate my time rather than my money. I have done this in the past for a city-level candidate.
I volunteered for Obama’s campaign (door-knocking over the border in Indiana; obviously it was all me who secured that slim 2008 state victory) but I figure campaigns need cash too. All the volunteers they need still won’t secure the campaign venues for rallies or pay for field offices or put ads on the air. Monetary contributions are still important.
I’ve donated before (I’m a business owner and have decent income and am old with no kids or dependents so have a lot of disposable income) but I usually am skeptical of it. I’ve given more over the years to local races and local party orgs than I have to Presidential campaigns.
But this year (and I’m a life long registered Republican) I’ve donated heavily to Hillary. I’ve given the Federal maximum for both the primary and general ($5400 total.) I’m still deciding whether to give to the national DNC (I wouldn’t give to the State DNC since I support Republican candidates at the State level), but my support of Hillary is because I oppose Trump, and if I give to the national DNC some of that money will go to downticket races to support Democrats I oppose, but some will go to the Presidential campaign so I may bite the bullet and donate.
$35 and a bunch of time. Come election day, will be driving people to the polls. Yard signs, all the rest.
I have made close to $800 in contributions to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, going back to the first day she announced. Those include things I’ve purchased from the “store”, including t-shirts, buttons, car magnets, etc. It’ll continue to go up as I’ve pledged $30 a month and I’ll probably get a few new t-shirts when the new logo comes out (with the running mate).
- No presidential donations as of now.
- I don’t expect to as I do not support either major party candidate.
- Not to past presidential candidates, but yes to local or Congressional candidates. Small donations $10-$50 typically.
I donated to Obama a couple of times, and about $25 to Bernie a few months go. I won’t be donating to Clinton, although I’ll vote for her. Instead, I donated $100 to a local Democratic candidate for the state house of representatives. Things in TN are not going to get any better as long as the GOP has supermajorities in both houses AND the governor’s office.
I contributed in the past couple of campaigns, and also to my local Senator (Warren) and Congressman Seth Moulton. Jury is still out on Seth – he started hitting up my email account with re-election donation requests just about the day after he was elected. But I use a specific account for political donations so I can safely ignore it for months at a time.
Will probably donate this time around as well as I wouldn’t mind some trickle down down ballot effects from this campaign.
Although I take sides politically, I have never donated any money to a politician. And though I favor one candidate over another, I don’t favor any politician enough to cough up the moolah. I’m disgusted with the obscene amount of money required to achieve public office, and could never support that.
(I do not consider groups like the ACLU, as an example, to be a part of this problem, and like groups recieve my money.)
I made my first political donation this year, to Bernie. I think it was like $30. I don’t plan on giving any more this cycle.
We typically give some smallish sum to the Democratic candidate for president–between $50 and $100 or so each of the last two years for Obama–and will do the same for Clinton this year. Might up that a little given who the opposition is.
We’ve never donated to a presidential candidate in a primary before, but this time it seemed important–so we gave her about $30 or $40 earlier this year.
(Same basic story for campaigning, though you didn’t specifically ask about that. I have frequently campaigned for presidential (and other) candidates in general elections, usually in PA, and will quite definitely do so this fall as well. And I campaigned for Clinton in the primary, though I likewise haven’t done that in past elections.)
I made several donations to Martin O’Malley early this cycle, and was disappointed he did so poorly. I still think he’d be a better candidate in November than Hillary.
Not sure if I’ll make donations to Hillary, who I’m not at all crazy about, or just to the DNC. Might be about $1000 by the end.
I’ve donated to (and volunteered for) Democratic presidential candidates in every election since 1984. The amount of money varied depending on my resources at the time, and my enthusiasm for the candidate.
Well after weeks and weeks of being pestered via email and text by the Clinton campaign (for a measly $1 donation!), I finally gave in to the appeals last night. It wasn’t much, but I committed to a small monthly donation through the election. I’ll probably toss a few bucks at the campaign after key events/announcements as well. And I think I’ll donate supplies to the local campaign office (bottled water, printer paper, clip boards, etc) in the next week or so.