US Republicans Unveil Fundraising Tool to Match Democrats’ Actblue
US Republicans Unveil Fundraising Tool to Match Democrats' Actblue
WASHINGTON —
The U.S. Republican Party (GOP) believes it finally has its answer to the Democratic fundraising behemoth ActBlue.
GOP groups are lending their support to a new donor platform called Patriot Pass, which they say will help the party match and even surpass the organization that sent more than $700 million to Democratic campaigns in 2018.
After the Republican Party's midterm losses, party officials said they needed to find a way to match ActBlue's small-dollar fundraising power.
The Republican platform is a joint effort of GOP payment processing firm Revv and the party's data clearinghouse, DataTrust. Revv founder Gerrit Lansing says that combination will help the GOP pass Democrats.
Democrats are playing a game of catch-up of their own, struggling to create a hub for their data to rival DataTrust.
News of the new GOP donor platform was first reported by Politico.
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