# Your donations to presidential candidates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 15, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980 "2016-07-15T15:19:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980/21 "2016-08-01T14:25:35Z")

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I donated to Obama’s campaign in '08 and '12, both Bernie and HRC’s campaign this cycle, and the DCCC and DSCC every 2 years since '08.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980/22 "2016-08-01T14:27:24Z")

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I don’t recall how much we gave to the Obama campaigns, but I’m sure it was substantial. We also registered voters. So far, we’ve donated $1,000 to Hillary’s campaign and will likely volunteer in some capacity.

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**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980/23 "2016-08-01T14:35:30Z")

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My first-ever political contribution was to Howard Dean. I think it was $25, but I can’t be sure.

I can’t recall if I donated to Obama, but I might have.

I gave $100 to Sanders, back when his campaign was just getting started. I’ll probably give something to Clinton, but haven’t yet.

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**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-donations-to-presidential-candidates/759980/24 "2016-08-02T08:16:23Z")

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I gave in the neighborhood of $1000 to Obama in 2008 and a similar amount to Sanders this year. I don’t remember offhand if I gave to Obama in 2012 or figured that was a safe enough election already. It was apparently enough to get me on the White House’s Christmas card list.🙂

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