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In reply to the discussion: Actually we really DO need a revolution of the kind Bernie Sanders is talking about. [View all]snowy owl
(2,145 posts)39. What facts? Here's the facts about victory fund and down-ticket helping
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/3/1465719/-Hillary-s-18-Million-Victory-Fund-could-be-spent-helping-her-campaign
Hillary's $18 Million "Victory Fund" could be spent helping her campaign
Hillary Clinton has raised $18 Million for the DNC and state parties, money that is commonly referred to as a "victory fund." The assumption is that all of this money will go toward helping "downballot candidates" but that is not necessarily true.
During the primary campaign, donors are limited to $2,700 in direct contributions to the candidate. To elicit larger contributions from willing donors, a candidate can set up a Joint Fundraising Committee which allows donors to cut one check that gets distributed to the candidate as well as a state party and the national party. The first $2,700 goes to the candidate's campaign, and any additional money can go to the state party ($10,000 limit) and the national party ($33,400 limit). Clinton's campaign has so far raised $18 Million for the national and state parties.
However,
There is nothing stopping the state party from using the money to help the eventual nominee
Could that $18 Million be spent on helping Hillary's campaign? At least part of it can. I was unable to find out if that same lack of restriction also applies to the national party which receives the bulk of the JFC money.
It's also possible that some of that $18 Million could be spent on Bernie Sanders' campaign, should he win the party's nomination.
One could speculate that the closer the presidential race is between the Democrat and the Republican, the more likely it would be for these funds to go toward the presidential candidate rather than the downballot candidates. So the candidate who trails or only has a slight lead against the Republican might end up sucking away a portion of the victory funds otherwise meant for the downballot candidates. I'll leave it to the reader to interpret the polling of potential matchups and draw their own conclusions as to the various scenarios regarding the likelihood of that money being spent on the presidential candidate.
So who has been helped down ticket so far? Can you name anybody? And by how much? Is Wasserman Schultz helping Canova?
Seems to me you are absent facts here.
Hillary's $18 Million "Victory Fund" could be spent helping her campaign
Hillary Clinton has raised $18 Million for the DNC and state parties, money that is commonly referred to as a "victory fund." The assumption is that all of this money will go toward helping "downballot candidates" but that is not necessarily true.
During the primary campaign, donors are limited to $2,700 in direct contributions to the candidate. To elicit larger contributions from willing donors, a candidate can set up a Joint Fundraising Committee which allows donors to cut one check that gets distributed to the candidate as well as a state party and the national party. The first $2,700 goes to the candidate's campaign, and any additional money can go to the state party ($10,000 limit) and the national party ($33,400 limit). Clinton's campaign has so far raised $18 Million for the national and state parties.
However,
There is nothing stopping the state party from using the money to help the eventual nominee
Could that $18 Million be spent on helping Hillary's campaign? At least part of it can. I was unable to find out if that same lack of restriction also applies to the national party which receives the bulk of the JFC money.
It's also possible that some of that $18 Million could be spent on Bernie Sanders' campaign, should he win the party's nomination.
One could speculate that the closer the presidential race is between the Democrat and the Republican, the more likely it would be for these funds to go toward the presidential candidate rather than the downballot candidates. So the candidate who trails or only has a slight lead against the Republican might end up sucking away a portion of the victory funds otherwise meant for the downballot candidates. I'll leave it to the reader to interpret the polling of potential matchups and draw their own conclusions as to the various scenarios regarding the likelihood of that money being spent on the presidential candidate.
So who has been helped down ticket so far? Can you name anybody? And by how much? Is Wasserman Schultz helping Canova?
Seems to me you are absent facts here.
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Actually we really DO need a revolution of the kind Bernie Sanders is talking about. [View all]
Bonobo
Apr 2016
OP
People with money are voting in their interest. Look at the voting results based on income.
Bonobo
Apr 2016
#6
Do you honestly imagine that if Bernie became president that the Democrat congressmen and women
Bonobo
Apr 2016
#19
It's midnight here and I live in a non-English environment. Forgive my forgetting to add an "ic".
Bonobo
Apr 2016
#21
Wow, I think now I WANT you to put me on your ignore list. Respect, former or otherwise, NOT shared.
Bonobo
Apr 2016
#23
Read about what he did in Burlington -- It's a template of what he could do as POTUS
Armstead
Apr 2016
#34
It would help if our Democratic candidates would help to get down ticket elected instead of being
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#13
I disagree. I think his whole career, better, life choices are all about self.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#24
Interpreted through biases. Facts. There is not interpretation with facts. That would be opinion.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#41
I am really fuckin tired of being on a Democratic board listening to the attacks on our party
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#27
Yeah, cuz if they have a "D" then it means they can't do anything wrong right? nt
revbones
Apr 2016
#31
Yeah! Cuz that magic "D" makes all the corruption and lies just go away. Oh wait...
revbones
Apr 2016
#30