At the start of April, anyone who predicted how the second quarter of 2020 fundraising would go was probably bluffing. The covid-19 pandemic had shut down much of the economy. Millions of workers who might have been small-dollar donors were waiting for unemployment checks. The stock market was crashing, with unknown effects for the megadonors who can give seven figures to super PACs or max out to lists of down-ballot candidates.
Three months later, and political fundraising has basically kept pace with a normal political year — or even run past it. ...
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