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bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
11. I haven't donated in years.
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:17 PM
Feb 2015

Just a personal decision I made many years ago: I no longer donate to political organizations or candidates.
I donate to local charities instead.

I went that way years ago. ActBlue is a great site for easily contributing to specific candidates. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #1
Me too marym625 Feb 2015 #2
Yep, it's the only way to ensure your dough goes to candidates that share your ideals. Scuba Feb 2015 #3
Individual candidates can choose to contribute your donation to those groups. onehandle Feb 2015 #4
Maybe so, but it's an extra step. At least this way, they will actually have to take that step. nt silvershadow Feb 2015 #5
Yes that's true. s-cubed Feb 2015 #6
Me too zipplewrath Feb 2015 #24
I've been doing that for a while. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #7
I made homegirl Feb 2015 #8
Me too. For several years now. Funnel cash through progressives to build their power and starve DLC on point Feb 2015 #9
K&R'd. snot Feb 2015 #10
I haven't donated in years. bigwillq Feb 2015 #11
, blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #12
then that's what they'll blame the '16 loss on MisterP Feb 2015 #13
Let them. I carry no guilt. I have few dollars to spend. If I send it as 20 bucks to one silvershadow Feb 2015 #14
The day you can get Alan Grayson clones elected in Virginia, Florida, Montana, Missouri, let me know brooklynite Feb 2015 #15
Gee, I'm not in any of those states. If you are, and feel frisky, I say go for it! silvershadow Feb 2015 #16
But you're not supporting DSCC either... brooklynite Feb 2015 #17
Holy crap. As predicted. Only on DU. silvershadow Feb 2015 #18
oh and by the way I didn't say anything about the DSCC. silvershadow Feb 2015 #19
"...any of the other aggregators"...would seem to include DSCC brooklynite Feb 2015 #25
Well, it hasn't served to move us very far back to the left, at least back to the point we were silvershadow Feb 2015 #27
MY concern is not to move us to the left...it's to keep us from lurching to the right... brooklynite Feb 2015 #28
Well I will let you know the first chance I see one around here. It's pretty dry land in Indiana. : silvershadow Feb 2015 #29
Joe Donnelly? brooklynite Feb 2015 #30
Sad isn't it? I may be forced to. He's about like Joe Manchin. You're talking to someone silvershadow Feb 2015 #31
this tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #32
Totally. nt bemildred Feb 2015 #20
I've been doing this since November 2013 JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #21
That's why they won't get a penny from me. HappyMe Feb 2015 #22
Something I really learned this last election? JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #23
I live in one of those conservative pockets tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #33
Amen! And I appreciate all of your work in NJ JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #34
Same here! No more DNC or DCCC, only individual candidates. I started that a few years ago. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #26
I do the same davidpdx Feb 2015 #35
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