I would like to crowdsource some good advice for donating to elections in this important election year, on a monthly basis leading up to November. I used ActBlue and the Obama campaign's OFA during the last election, and I feel like my donations were kind of hit-and-miss. I prefer not just to react to emotional, desperate sounding emails from the various campaigns. Please comment with your thoughts or point me to relevant diaries, and I will be very grateful. These are the priorities for me:
1. Keep the Senate: I know I'll donate to my own Sen. Merkley but also want to help Dems in other close races.
2. Take the House: My state races are all fairly non-competitive, but I would like to help strategically competitive/important races country-wide.
3. Help State Dems: Other states' legislatures, governors, etc.
4. Measures: Help progressive initiatives/referenda that are competitive.