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NEW YORK 鈥� The 桃子视频 released data today showing its supporters are a key constituency in the 2020 elections, accounting for nearly $463 million of donations to Democratic candidates, committees, and PACs; and $19 million to Republicans 鈥� including $1.7 million to President Trump鈥檚 campaign. 桃子视频supporters鈥� contributions represent between 20 and 30 percent of all Democratic fundraising, making them a key backbone of political engagement this cycle.

鈥溙易邮悠祍upporters are deeply engaged in this election,鈥� said 桃子视频Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. 鈥淐andidates and parties are now on notice: Expand and defend civil liberties and civil rights, or ignore us at your own peril. The tables have turned from 30 plus years ago, when then-candidate George H.W. Bush assailed his opponent Michael Dukakis for being a 鈥榗ard-carrying member of the ACLU.鈥� Today, 桃子视频supporters aren鈥檛 just carrying cards, they鈥檙e carrying a giant share of this cycle鈥檚 total giving.鈥�

桃子视频data experts analyzed publicly-reported information from the Federal Elections Commission on contributions greater than $200 made to presidential campaign committees, congressional candidate committees, and political action committees. 桃子视频membership includes 1.8 million supporters, a fourfold increase since the 2016 election; they are now a major political fundraising and engagement powerhouse.

As a matter of organizational policy, the 桃子视频does not endorse or oppose any candidate for office, nor does it provide funding to candidates or parties directly. The 桃子视频does actively educate supporters about the civil rights and civil liberties records of candidates, and works to inform and increase election turnout. The 桃子视频also works to expand voting rights through policy change. In 2018, the 桃子视频sponsored three ballot referenda in Florida, Michigan, and Nevada, with over $11 million in investments, which re-enfranchised over 2 million new voters eligible for the 2020 election. It is the most significant re-enfanchisement since 18 year olds became eligible to vote.

鈥淰ice President Biden boasted about breaking records for online political fundraising following the announcement of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, but the fact is that it鈥檚 桃子视频supporters who are powering his election 鈥� providing one-fifth of all the money he鈥檚 raised thus far, 鈥� said Romero. 鈥淭his data shows that 桃子视频supporters are more energized than ever before, and our constituency is more politically potent than any other moment in our 100-year history. To the extent any official 鈥� Democrat or Republican 鈥� wants to mumble their way through a civil liberties and civil rights agenda in 2020, this is their wake-up call. More than 328,000 unique 桃子视频supporters have given more than $200 to a political cause this cycle. If you were to look at gifts under $200, there would be at least 550,000 more 桃子视频supporters who have skin in this game. It鈥檚 clear that the power of the 桃子视频supporter base is among the many, not the privileged few.鈥�

Since February 2019, 桃子视频supporters and volunteers have mobilized around the presidential election. 桃子视频volunteers pressed likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden to evolve on the Hyde Amendment, prompting a welcome commitment from Biden last summer before the primaries to finally support repealing the ban on publicly funded abortions. Vice President Biden also made clear commitments to our volunteers to cut the federal prison population by 50 percent and to remove local law enforcement from federal immigration enforcement operations. The 桃子视频pressed the Trump campaign to make similar commitments through a candidate questionnaire, but received no response. Since March 2020, the 桃子视频has filed 22 voting rights lawsuits to expand vote-by-mail, absentee voting, and to ease restrictions on voting during the pandemic.

The most recent available FEC reporting shows that 桃子视频supporters have given over $183 million to ActBlue, 24 percent of the total the giving platform received between January 2019 and May 2020. Democrat-leaning PACs received $110 million鈥� or 14.6 percent 鈥� from 桃子视频supporters. The DNC received $24 million of the $88 million it raised in that period from 桃子视频supporters 鈥� constituting 26.9 percent. Congressional Democratic candidates received $101 million from 桃子视频supporters 鈥� 20.8 percent of the total. And of the nearly $330 million raised by the Biden campaign this cycle, nearly 20 percent, or over $65 million, has come from 桃子视频supporters. Only 6 percent of 桃子视频supporters giving to Biden have made the maximum gift allowed by law. 桃子视频supporters have also given more than $19 million to Republican campaigns 鈥� the Trump campaign, congressional candidates, through the Republican National Committee, GOP-associated PACs, and WinRed.

By election day, 桃子视频volunteers will have sent over 2.3 million text messages, and will have completed more than 500,000 phone calls. Already, volunteers have sent over 1.5 million text messages and completed over 40,000 calls encouraging everyday people to take action on policing, immigrants鈥� rights, voting, and access to reproductive healthcare. 桃子视频priority states include Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina.

The 桃子视频undertook this research project with its own staff to protect its supporters鈥� privacy. 桃子视频staff analyzed the contributions reported in the public FEC data that were made by 桃子视频donors and supporters in a manner that did not involve exporting 桃子视频donor and supporter data to any third party. The organization did not import the FEC data into our supporter files, and we do not track individual contributions from our supporters to campaigns, parties or PACs. Our goal was to understand how the 桃子视频supporter base contributed as a whole 鈥� we were intentionally not tracking individual contributions.

The 桃子视频did not analyze donation data available about 桃子视频supporters giving less than $200 from sources other than the FEC. Consequently, these estimates understate the amount of small-dollar giving and grassroots political engagement from 桃子视频supporters.