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Netroots Sends ActBlue Love to John Edwards
Our package on Politics 2.0 is all about how the internet will decentralize politics and make it more accessible to the common man. That includes fundraising, mostly in the form of the website ActBlue.
To learn more about the site, check out the link. But suffice it to say, the netroots and online activists use ActBlue to funnel money to favorite candidates, and have sent almost $25 million over ActBlue's wires (average donation: $60). So who are the candidates receiving the lion's share of that cash?
Turns out, it's John Edwards. Just John Edwards. And it's not even close.
For number of lifetime donations through ActBlue, Edwards leads with 41,236. The next highest are James Webb with 16,363 and Ned Lamont with 12,420. Edwards also leads in terms of lifetime money raised, with $3,437,887. Webb is again second with just $894,042.
Obama and Clinton aren't in the top ten in either category. Hmmm... a strong clue on who the internet supports for president.
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Actually, ActBlue totals aren't the best indicator of how much netroots wallet support John Edwards is receiving, for the simple reason that his campaign linked their own website into the ActBlue network during the first quarter. Most of Edwards' $3.3 million in first quarter online donations were routed through ActBlue, which is only $138,000 less than the $3,437,887 you quote above as his lifetime ActBlue take through early July.
If Obama ($17.2 million raised online through June 30) and Clinton ($4.2 million in 1st quarter online donations) had also routed their online donations through ActBlue, their totals would have far outpaced Edwards'.
During the second quarter, the campaign began relying more and more on its own website's proprietary fundraising mechanism, like Edwards' 54th birthday/pecan pie recipe ask. A shrinking portion of his online cash is now coming through ActBlue.
Also, there's plenty of other evidence that Edwards is being outgunned in the online race to harvest dollars, volunteers, and votes:
http://thelatestoutrage.blogspot.com/2007/07/john-edwards-needs-reboot-but-obamas.html
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Posted by: Erik on 07/30/07 at 7:23 AM Respond