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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Does nobody else see the problem with "donors flocking"?

Yet again, oligarchs and the absurdly wealthy are buying influence, and it gets ignored

[–] laughterlaughter 2 points 6 months ago

I agree with you in part. But I'm sure common folks are also a good portion of the donors.

Actually, let's find out...

Ok. This is from 2020, so I'm not sure how good it reflects 2024:

https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/kamala-harris/demographics?id=N00036915

It says that women were the majority donating, and the biggest group donated between $1,000 and $3,000 - still a lot of money for many common folk, but that's far from the "oligarchs" that you guys are talking about.

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