Democrats Break ActBlue Donation Record After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death
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variety.comJanet W. Lee Following Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday night, Democratic voters broke records for the most money donated in the history of ActBlue, the party’s online fundraising platform.From 9-10 p.m.
ET, more than $6.2 million was donated, breaking records in ActBlue’s 16-year history. Then again, from 10-11 p.m. ET, $6.3 million was raised, averaging more than $100,000, according to The New York Times.
Over $45 million was donated to the site before noon on Saturday. The previous record holder for most money donated in an hour came on Aug.
20 after Joe Biden spoke on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, bringing in $4.2 million.ActBlue publicly tracks all donations on its website, where.
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