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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 11:34 AM Feb 2016

Might this be what is happening?

I'm woefully non up-to-date re social media. I don't have a smart phone. I almost never post on Facebook, and visit every couple of months. But I have developed an image of how Bernie's supporters make their donations. Could this be reality? They have an app on their phones that lets them donate 1 or 5 dollars with a single swipe. So they do it in response to small cues, or large ones, like Bernie inviting them to at a debate. The amount is so small that they don't realize how many times they've done it til the MasterCard bill comes at the end of the month. It's analagous to swiping their phone at Starbucks.

Might this be happening?

tia
las

P.S. This is why I break my donations into smaller pieces, even though it's a pain.

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Might this be what is happening? (Original Post) LAS14 Feb 2016 OP
Hillary has something similar obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #1
Do you use texting, as described... LAS14 Feb 2016 #7
4,000,000 give a dollar. That's $4 million dollars! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #2
What's WOW? NT LAS14 Feb 2016 #3
"World of Warcraft"! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #4
LOL! nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #5
Close jmowreader Feb 2016 #6
Does the HRC campaign do this? LAS14 Feb 2016 #8
Hillary uses ActBlue for her "cell phone" donations jmowreader Feb 2016 #9

obamanut2012

(26,084 posts)
1. Hillary has something similar
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 11:46 AM
Feb 2016

Starting at $5.

Sometimes I'll donate $5 instead of getting a latte. I also have a monthly donation.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. 4,000,000 give a dollar. That's $4 million dollars!
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 11:46 AM
Feb 2016

And $1 stays within their monthly allowance!

I've heard WOW is expecting an increase in revenue starting Wednesday, March 2nd!

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
6. Close
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 02:23 PM
Feb 2016

He has a "text to donate" app...http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/29/sanders-campaign-introduces-text-to-donate-app/

He has a "drinking game" style app (no, I didn't come up with that)...http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/sanders-launches-drinking-game-style-texting-donation-system#.gi8nLjo3E

The FEC's big problem isn't the kajillion $10 and $20 donations that add up to more than $2700, it's the 900 known donors that gave single contributions larger than $2700. Campaigns are supposed to have a mechanism - even if it's just a person sitting there mailing back checks that are too big - to reject outsized contributions, and Sanders doesn't appear to have one.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
8. Does the HRC campaign do this?
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 02:32 PM
Feb 2016

I get the impression from your post that the Clinton campaign does not do this. Is that the case? If so, how come?

TIA
LAS

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
9. Hillary uses ActBlue for her "cell phone" donations
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 02:47 PM
Feb 2016

...which is a central clearinghouse for Democratic donations. ActBlue was designed from the start not to allow you to exceed your limits to one candidate...you must establish an ActBlue account, and it tracks how much money you donate and how you spread it around.

The issue here isn't what Hillary - who, contrary to what Bernie's people would have you believe, is running a clean campaign - is doing...it's what Bernie, whose supporters will all tell you is gooder than good, is doing.

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