![]() ![]() “And in Arizona, donations from individuals made up about 75 percent of GOP nominee Blake Masters’ total haul between April and July, versus 95 percent for Kelly. ![]() That’s compared with more than half for Democratic nominee John Fetterman, who brought in more than twice what Oz did altogether. Similarly, just 18 percent of the money Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz raised from individuals last quarter came from small-dollar donors. Of Ryan’s donations, 46 percent came from small-dollar donors.” Just over 9 percent of the money Vance raised for his primary campaign account between April and July came from contributions from individuals, and less than a fifth of that amount was from un-itemized small-dollar donors (those who gave less than $200). ![]() “Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Tim Ryan has brought in more than $9.1 million compared with GOP challenger J.D. Elsewhere, meanwhile, the main Republicans running in marquee Senate races have struggled to build small-dollar donor networks, forcing the National Republican Senatorial Committee to slash ad spending and campaigns, and operatives to panic.” “In the wake of the FBI’s search of Trump’s home, Trump’s Save America PAC reportedly raked in millions in the following days, according to The Washington Post. But the increased attention on Trump is also mirrored in fundraising figures as Republicans look to win back control of Congress this fall, and suggest that much of the conservative grassroots energy remains behind the former president, and not the other members of his party. That dynamic could stand to benefit Democrats, even as conservative groups hammer away at certain provisions in the reconciliation bill like its infusion of funding for the IRS. Whereas conservative activism has, in past cycles, been driven by opposition to Democratic-authored policies or actions - from Obamacare to TARP - the modern version has been fed by culture-war issues and, more often than not, Trump himself.” “Far from a singular lapse, last week’s split-screen of the Mar-a-Lago search and the passage of the IRA provided a telling portrait of pistons that move modern Republican politics. “To create buzz in this town and for it to penetrate across America, you need more time. “Everything was moving so fast, the tax provisions were being debated on the fly, so there was very little time for groups to do that in-depth grassroots pushback like we saw during Obamacare,” said Cesar Ybarra, FreedomWorks’ vice president of policy. While “conservative activists did rally against the bill and targeted vulnerable Democrats in ads,” even organizers on the right admitted they were caught flat-footed ( not unlike swaths of K Street) and conceded “that they had little time to muster the opposition-party gusto of years past.” “But instead of mounting a massive grassroots opposition to tank or tar the Inflation Reduction Act, conservatives and right-wing news outlets spent the past week with their gaze elsewhere: the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Palm Beach mansion,” POLITICO’s Meridith McGraw and yours truly report. TRUMP OVERSHADOWS POLICY FOR CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS: “In years past, it would have been a political Waterloo moment for Republicans: President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats racing frantically to finalize sweeping legislation to hike taxes on corporations and spend trillions on climate change and health care subsidies.”
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