The Party of the Little Guy
Few people realize that, when it comes to fundraising, Republicans are the party of the little guy and Democrats are the party of the fat cat. A new study has some numbers that make it starkly obvious that Democrats are going to miss those million-dollar soft-money contributions:
The study, analyzing donations during the 2002 campaign cycle, found that those little guys giving less than $200 to federal candidates, parties or leadership political action committees contributed 64 percent of their money to Republicans. By contrast, those fat cats giving $1 million or more contributed a lopsided 92 percent to Democrats. The only group favoring Democrats, in fact, were contributors giving more than $100,000.“The findings illustrate the Republicans’ strong advantage over Democrats in the current system,” the center concluded. That’s for sure. With the McCain-Feingold law capping total contributions at $95,000 per person, the Democrats are plain out of luck.