Subject: True
From: "Chelsea McDonnell, ActBlue" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:28:14 +0000

Dear Robert,

We've got some huge news to share: Small-dollar donors like you have raised over $1 billion this election cycle alone -- with 89 days still to go until Election Day!

I can't say enough about how incredible this is. We've never seen fundraising like this on our platform. And the best part about this news isn't just the large dollar amount.

It's the fact that donors made over 29 MILLION contributions on ActBlue since January 2017. 

It's that those contributions were made to support over 13,000 campaigns and organizations who are fighting on the frontlines to win their races and resist the Trump administration -- that's more candidates and organizations raising on ActBlue than ever before. 

And it's the $34 average contribution size this cycle that shows this movement is based in true people power. 

All of this is to say that Democrats are going into the fall with some unprecedented momentum, and at ActBlue we're busier than ever. As a nonprofit, we need your help now to be able to keep our tools in the best shape for this massive election season. Can you chip in

$250?

Because you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

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In 2016, folks raised $781 million on ActBlue during the entire presidential election cycle, so that's all the way through Election Day. And now donors like you have raised over $1 billion already. 

This is what we mean when we talk about grassroots people power. There were no mega-donors involved in this total, and there's no limits on how campaigns can spend the money they raised through ActBlue (like there is with super PAC money). 

Small-dollar donors are driving thousands of races right now, and it's their hard work and contributions that's giving us a shot at a blue wave in November. 

ActBlue's tools are playing a huge role in races up and down the ballot, so we need your support. Will you chip in

$250?

Because you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Express Donate: $250 [https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/frontlines?express_lane=true&amount=250&refcode=ot_sushi_b_r&refcode2=250_b]&t=1071&akid=322%2E1374869%2Elxam8S
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From all of us at ActBlue, thanks.

-- Chelsea, John, Sara, and the rest of the team

ActBlue is the nation's largest source of funds for Democrats. Launched in 2004, ActBlue created and deployed the next generation of online fundraising tools, enabling individuals and groups to raise money for the Democratic candidates of their choice at secure.actblue.com.

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