2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOn average, 16,400 people in each of the 50 states donated $50 to Hillary Clinton.
If 91% of donations were under $100, that is $41,000,000 of the $45MM we are hearing about. Divided by an average $50 donation is 820,000 donations. 820,000 donations divided by 50 states is 16,400 people per state. So she averaged $50 from 16k people in each state.
There is plenty of room and money there for other candidates. Hillary's Q1 donations don't seem that politically impressive to me, but I am busy and hard to impress.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)She beat Obama's 41 million dollar primary record for one quarter.
I don't know about you but I think that is highly impressive.
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)But the math leaves plenty of room for she and others to grow.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)on average. If that is record breaking, then that is record breaking. It makes me curious to see what kind of message/politician can really break through in fundraising. I think a $100MM quarter is possible with the right message and deliverer.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)If 91 people give somewhere between 1 and 99 dollars, that would be 91 donations
if 9 people gave between 100 and 2700 dollars, that would be 9 donations
In this scenario, 91% of the donations would not be 91% of the cash.
If there were a lot of large donations......the 9% could be providing most of the money.
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)I wish I trusted Hillary Clinton. I don't wish I trusted her supporters because all political support comes with a lot of illusions and irrational exuberance; "trust" barely enters the conversation.
But I wish I trusted her.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)they sat around and tried to figure out how make it look as if she is not a candidate of the rich. this 91% giving $100 or less misdirection is excellent work on their part.
the total number of donors for Hillary is about 134,000 but it is probably higher
91% is 121,940 if all of the small donors gave the max of $100 (which of course they didn't....that would only be $12.194 million out of the $45 million
Probably 80-85% from those big Hillary fundraisers
Beagle One
(56 posts)and cannot contribute any further to Clinton.
I'm more interested in hearing the Q3 numbers and after the debates....
Bernie is gaining union support and new voters DAILY by tens of thousands.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Both interpretation means there are millions of people who are likely voters who are also likley donors.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)of donations under a nickel.
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)I appreciate these alternative calculations and narratives to the record breaking fund raising.