Have you donated to a political campaign this year

ETA: I plan to.

While I agree there are a lot of worthy causes, I think deciding who the next president will be also has a huge impact on the causes I would otherwise give to -the poor, the environment, etc.

Message edited 2/13/2008 1:01:32 PM.

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Nope

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Personally, I feel there are much worthier recipients of my donation. I don't think rich people running for office need my money as much as people who can't afford to eat.

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everytime i pay my taxes i do

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It has honestly never crossed my mind to donate to a political campaign. I'm not very politics-oriented, so that has something to do with it. I would much rather donate money to help the homeless, children's organizations, or to organizations that do research toward treatments and cures for diseases. All are much more important in my book.

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I did for the first time ever. I agree that there are other worthy causes, and I donate to those as well, but I think this is a very important race and there is a candidate that I belive in very strongly and I believe that as president, my candidate will work to make healthcare available to sick people and those who can't afford it, help give every child a GOOD education and make college affordable to more Americans and do a lot to help those less fortunate, so maybe my $$, combined with the money of other contribute, will go to help more people than the $$ I gave to St. Jude's, which, while appreciated, probably only helped one or two children.

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i never have, and i don't plan to, but i understand why people do - especially if they do so to support a candidate that they truly believe will help change the world for the better, so that there will be fewer hungry and impoverished people that will need our donations.

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these people running for office are millionaires... they don't need my money and they'll never see any of it. Also, I never find a candidate that I really like in ALL areas... I am one of those "lesser of two evils" voters, so there hasnt' been someone i like or support that much that I would give my money to.

And also, the more money in a campaign, the more ignorant, IMO some American people become in terms of how they vote. they base their votes on how whose bumper stickers they see, who has more commercials on TV, etc. Is that really making an informed decision? I think not....

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Nada

The thought honestly never even crossed my mind.

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Not yet, but my DH and I will be soon enough.

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there are people that donate money on both sides of the aisle.

I don't think donating money is the best way necessarily to wrestle up support for your candidate.

stumping the town really is. volunteers handing out flyers with real stats, web addresses and info is.

30 second spots on American Idol will surely reach a larger audience, but they don't say much (no time really)

Re: Have you donated to a political campaign this year

Posted by JenniferEver

Another way to look at it is that if you feel so strongly that the person you support is the best candidate, who cares if they lured the voters with candy?