WASHINGTON -- Worried about the budgets proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)? Don't like what Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has to say about anything? Concerned about election spending by the billionaire Koch brothers and oil companies? House Democrats have the answer: Vent your distaste by sending them $5, $10 or $25.
Using partisan appeals to its base, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has seen its online fundraising from small donors skyrocket in recent years. According to the DCCC's digital director, its online giving -- which averages $20 per donation -- has jumped from $9 million in 2008 to $49 million in 2012. The committee is on pace to break its record from the last electoral cycle, having raised $7.3 million from 400,000 online donations in the first five months of the year compared to $2.9 million in the same period of 2011 from 100,000 donations.
The online program's success is the main reason that total DCCC fundraising is up $6.7 million over last cycle through the first five months. Online donations account for $4.4 million of that increase, while contributions over $30,000 have risen by just $1.3 million from the last cycle.
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