DNC Struggles Financially as Big Donors Close Wallets

[RandySF]

Washington Post: “Party infighting and frustrating recriminations around Democrats’ 2024 losses had made 2025 a slog. Donors were avoiding fundraising requests from the committee. DNC officials, including chairman Ken Martin, told party officials that victories that November would boost their beleaguered fundraising, especially from top donors.”

“Democrats won resoundingly, flipping the Virginia governor’s mansion by 15 percentage points and sweeping other key races. But big checks did not flood back.”



https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/10/dnc-struggles-financially-as-big-donors-close-wallets/

[gordianot]

1. Donate and you are hounded for that reason I do not donate.

[Intractable]

2. Imagine how much the "big" donors get hounded.

But, I'm sure most of them have a staff of people to deal with these things.

[Wifes husband]

10. You are absolutely right

[Lovie777]

3. And yet Democrats have been successful....

so far in elections.

I keep seeing articles by so called somewhat bias resources about the party’s lack of big donor’s funding.

Apparently the Democratic Party may not have the backing from billionaires, but “we the people” so far have their backs.

[tulipsandroses]

4. This! And I'm longing for the day when we can get big donors out of elections

This country would be better off

[OC375]

5. Elections should be government funded

Same $$$, same airtime, mandatory debates or you forfeit. Maybe a written test on geography, basic facts and the Constitution.

Funding shouldn’t even be on the radar.

May the best contender win.

[DFW]

6. But, but, but....George Soros! The Republicans said so!

According to Fox and the Republicans, George Soros flooded Democrats with more money than Musk, Bezos, Adelman, Ellison and Zuckerberg combined, and he does it every 15 minutes. Are you telling us that the Republicans were lying?

[Omaha Steve]

8. Giving by the DU little donors is down too

[JI7]

9. While funding is important to a certain point there are other things like social media

which have become more influential. Things like Rogan and similar types.

Idiots like Nick Shirley also have influence.

Democrats as s while haven't been able to deal figure this out. Even on this site people keep looking to congressional and other officials and press conferences.

Newsom's social media mocking Trump do a lot more to help us than anyone holding a press conference and traditional tv ads.

People here are critical of some liberal youtubers and the dramatic subject lines but those were things that the right wing was doing against Biden and Harris and other democrsts and many people only see that without watching or reading.

The above things don't cost much money. So while we can still raise money it's also important to figure out ways to do things with what we have now which we didn't have or wasn't as important in previous times.