I vote for the Dems, but this seems like a bad thing, not something to be celebrated. We need big money out of politics.
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What big money? Over 94% of these donations were less than $200. There's just a lot of them.
It looks like less than 40% are small donations. 60% ($180,411,935) is from large contributions.
https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race/kamala-harris/candidate?id=N00036915
I like her a lot and I'm excited to vote for her, but I still want to think critically about who might have her ear.
Oh god, I hate to be debbie fucking downer, but I am getting Clinton vibes from all of this :( Clinton raised so much cash in 2016 and was favored in all the polls, but electoral college helped Trump win, ultimately. Trumps 2016 electoral college win was legit, but there are reports the republicans and Trump cult are trying to rig that shit this time around
Edit to add link: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/
Edit to add second link https://www.american-doom.com/p/exclusive-pro-trump-swing-state-election
The silver lining this time around is that EVERYONE is very aware of what a Trump presidency is like. Absolutely no one can give him the benefit of the doubt.
Either way, VOTE
What are they needing money for? It's not like they actively campaign or try to earn votes. They could spend nothing over the next few months and not impact votes. Clinton proved a candidate could have the largest war chest and still lose to a carnival barker