Yesterday we looked at the top candidates on ActBlue for the last quarter. Today we'll look at our ActBlue fundraising pages which any individual or campaign can create to support the candidates and causes of their choice.
Before we look at the individual pages here are some big picture numbers. Since ActBlue started three years ago, 4,263 different fundraising pages have been created, 43% of which have raised funds. In the 2nd Quarter of 2007, 606 fundraising pages were created, of which 71% raised funds. We're very excited to see that above average number of successful pages. Users are becoming more savvy in reaching out to their friends and supporters which is beneficial to the campaigns receiving those contributions.
And now, the Top 10 lists of ActBlue fundraising pages by number of donors and dollars broken down by lifetime totals and those for the recently completed Q2.
Top 10 fundraising pages by # donors (Lifetime)
count | page name
---------+---------------------
40,026 | johnedwards
14,443 | netrootscandidates
8,994 | hackett
6,151 | blueamerica
5,521 | pacforachange
3,555 | eschaton
3,421 | takebackthecongress
2,752 | dnc
2,450 | republicanfirewall
2,235 | dkos
Top 10 fundraising pages by # of donors (Q2)
count | page name
-------+----------------------
12,661 | johnedwards
1,017 | roadblockrepublicans
842 | kerryforjohnson
482 | blueamerica08
373 | thepen
346 | bluemajority
318 | fightback
310 | recount
284 | infrastructure
199 | eric
Top 10 fundraising pages by $ (Lifetime)
$ amount | page name
------------+--------------------
3,397,145 | johnedwards
1,601,968 | netrootscandidates
568,009 | blueamerica
532,998 | dansealsforcongress.com
482,616 | hackett
377,058 | dkos
325,313 | sos-all
292,829 | pacforachange
278,821 | christine
257,327 | republicanfirewall
Top 10 fundraising pages by $ (Q2)
$ amount | page name
------------+-------------------------
876,230 |
johnedwards 73,206 |
roadblockrepublicans 66,067 |
dansealsforcongress.com 43,911 |
markleno 42,958 |
mikesmith 35,129 |
kerryforjohnson 33,600 |
dougslist 32,196 |
blueamerica08 28,513 |
karenschultz 23,824 |
eric As you can see, the list of fundraising pages is a mix of different approaches. Some are dedicated pages for particular candidates like Eric Massa or Mark Leno who use it to collect their campaign contributions. Others are pages being used by current officeholders like John Kerry to raise on behalf of their colleagues. Others represent the collective voice of online communities like the various netroots pages in their efforts to support a wide range of candidates.
Join us tomorrow in our final installment of
ActBlue stats week where we'll explore state level activity on the ActBlue fundraising platform.