Open Left

it does seem high

Although I suppose all those Congressional and local donors might add up.  A lot of businesses feel obligated.  

I suppose we need to exclude people under 18 (about 25%) who are barred from donating, which would help.  

So that means we'd need 13.5 million unique donors to make it to 6%.  An average donation of $100 would imply over $1 billion raised already.

On further reflection, I doubt very much anyone could know.  Since donors who give small amounts are not publicly disclosed, they could easily be counted multiple times if anyone just adds them up.  On the other hand, if you ask people if they donate in a poll, I doubt the answer is very reliable (just as, for example, Church attendance is overstated.)

New Jersey politics at Blue Jersey.

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by: Hopeful in NJ @ Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 18:09:37 PM CDT