So far for the 2025-2026 cycle I've raised a stunning 3.3x as much for Democrats as I had at the same point 4 years ago...and 5.6x as much as I had at this point 2 years ago.
In spite of the pace dropping off dramatically now that the high-profile special elections in Florida & Wisconsin are behind us, I still raised 54% more in May alone than I did in May 2021 and 18% more than I did in May 2023.
In terms of category breakout, so far this cycle I've raised:
- U.S. Senate: $8,671
- U.S. House: $82,310*
- State Legislative: $64,132
- Govs/AGs/SoS: $2,434
- Courts: $24,213
- State Dem Parties: $14,642
- Other: $9,112
*$55.4K of this was for the special elections in FL-01 & FL-06
Going forward, assuming things play out similarly to how they did during the last midterm cycle (2021-2022), I'd expect June- August to look similar to May (perhaps $14K/month or so), followed by things spiking somewhat in September & October ahead of the Virginia & New Jersey gubernatorial/state legislative races.
After that we'll be into the 2026 Midterm season proper and all bets are off.
Here's what the breakout looks like so far:
As for social media engagement, as you can see, on a per-follower basis, every other platform continues to kick Twitter/X's ass, with BlueSky generating 4.4x as many clickthrus per post, Interestingly, Spoutible continues to perform very well on traffic as well.
In terms of actual dollars raised by platform, Twitter actually took the lead for the first time in over a year thanks to a single $3,000 donation made by one person on the platform.
