How DAPAC Targets Money to Our Endorsed Candidates
In addition to traditional Get-Out-the-Vote drives, canvasing of districts, setting up phone banks, and general advertising DAPAC does far more than any other political action committee in getting money directly to candidates. In the 2006 election cycle we helped our candidates raise five times the amount we received in direct donations; this cycle we expect to increase the number to 12 times what we take in.
The first way we do this is by supplying our endorsed candidates with lists of potential donors. These lists include people who have given to Congressional campaigns in the past and who are likely to support progressive Congressional candidates in the future. This list has expanded to over 14,000 people in the past year—a seven fold increase.
Secondly, we legally bundle contributions from our donors to our candidates. We often receive checks from our donors made out to our candidates. We forward these contributions along in full without taking a cut off the top. So far our endorsed candidates have received thousands of dollars this way.
Thirdly, our supporters authorize us to bill their credit cards for specific amounts for our endorsed candidates. Once again, we forward these contributions along to their campaigns without keeping anything for ourselves.
Fourthly, on our website, www.dapac.org, we have links to all of our endorsed candidates websites where anyone can quickly and easily donate to their campaigns. Our website receives numerous hits every month and many of the people visiting our site learn about our candidates for the first time through it. This tool is an invaluable resource.
Finally, we provide free advertising for our candidates in the form of our monthly newsletter, weekly email, blog, and website. In these forums we discuss our endorsed candidates, their histories, their progressive stances and records, and why he or she is the best candidate running in the district. All of this advertising makes their names more recognizable on a national scale and persuades larger donors to contribute to their campaigns.
Our endorsed candidates are tremendously grateful for all we do for them. Without our support they would not have the time or resources to focus on other aspects of campaigning, such as getting out the vote or formulating policy stances.
We never take any money off the top of our candidates. The only way we stay in business is through kind contributions from people like you. Please consider a donation to DAPAC today to ensure that we can continue getting money to our candidates.
