grassroots fundraising

Examples of grassroots fundraising in the following topics:

• Campaign Financing

  • Grassroots fundraising is a method of fundraising used by or for political candidates.
  • Grassroots fundraising is a way of financing campaigns for candidates who don't have significant media exposure or candidates who are in opposition to the powerful lobby groups.
  • It often involves mobilizing grassroots support to meet a specific fundraising goal, or it sets a specific day for grassroots supporters to donate to the campaign.
  • Ron Paul is a congressman from Texas who employs the method of grassroots fundraising.

• Leadership

  • Interest groups often rely on leaders to organize their fundraising and make their advocacy efforts successful.
  • Additionally, the strategist determines where advertisements will be placed, where grassroots organizing efforts will be focused, and how fundraising will be structured.
  • Interest groups with a de facto leader may be more successful at sustained political advocacy than those with no clear hierarchy, because a clearly defined leader allows for more efficient organization of fundraising efforts, demonstrations, and campaigns.

• The General Election Campaign

  • Candidates tend to fund their campaigns in part with their personal wealth but also by fundraising extensively.
  • Fundraising may include appealing to wealthy large donors, organizing grassroots campaigns to amass small donations from large numbers of voters, or tapping into political party funds.

• Indirect Techniques

  • Grassroots lobbying asks the public to contact legislators concerning the issue at hand, as opposed to going to the legislators directly.
  • Grassroots lobbying oftentimes implement the use of media, ranging from television to print, in order to expand their outreach.
  • Using social media is, by nature, a grassroots strategy.
  • Federal law does not mandate grassroots lobbying disclosure, yet 36 states regulate grassroots lobbying.
  • The First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of petition protect lobbying, including grassroots lobbying.

• The General Election Campaign

  • Not raising enough money early on can lead to problems later as donors are not willing to give funds to candidates they perceive to be losing, a perception based on their poor fundraising performance.
  • Campaigns will also intensify their grassroots campaigns, coordinating their volunteers in a full court effort to win votes.

• Women in American Politics

  • The paths to public office for women in the African-American community have differed from men and other groups, such as women's organizations, rallies, and fundraisers.
  • Analyze the role that women play in American politics, especially the involvement of African-American women in grassroots activism and institutional politics

• The Internet, Blogging, and Podcasting

  • These Internet technologies are used for cause-related fundraising, lobbying, volunteering, community building, and organizing.
  • These technologies enable faster communication by grassroots citizen movements and the delivery of local information to a large audience.

• The Modern Political Campaign

  • Campaigns will also intensify their grassroots campaigns, coordinating their volunteers in a full court effort to win votes.
  • These Internet technologies are used for cause-related fundraising, lobbying, volunteering, community building, and organizing.

• Cultivating Access

  • So that's the lobbyist safe-cracker method: throw fundraisers, raise money, and become a big donor.
  • One of the ways in which lobbyists gain access is through assisting congresspersons with campaign finance by arranging fundraisers, assembling PACs, and seeking donations from other clients.
  • Many lobbyists become campaign treasurers and fundraisers for congresspersons.
  • This helps incumbent members cope with the substantial amounts of time required to raise money for reelection bids; one estimate was that Congresspersons had to spend a third of their working hours on fundraising activity.

• Direct Lobbying

  • Direct lobbying is different from grassroots lobbying, a process that uses direct communication with the general public, which, in turn, contacts and influences the government.
  • Meta-analysis reveals that direct lobbying is often used alongside grassroots lobbying.
  • When groups have strong ties to a legislator's district, they will use a combination of grassroots and direct lobbying, even if the legislator's original position does not support theirs.