Democrats Raised More Than $30 Million Following RBG’s Death

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A pillow with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s likeness on it sits on a couch inside the office of ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising platform, in Somerville, Mass.





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A pillow with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s likeness on it sits on a couch inside the office of ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising platform, in Somerville, Mass.


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In politics, money can be a pretty good stand-in for enthusiasm. And the donations pouring in to the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue since Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death indicate there is a lot of energy and money on the left.

According to the constantly-ticking tracker on ActBlue’s website, in the hours from 9 p.m. ET, when the news of Ginsburg’s death became widely known, to 9 a.m. ET on Saturday nearly $31 million dollars was donated to Democratic candidate and causes. The number keeps rising by tens of thousands every second.

The death of the iconic justice changes the ideological balance of the Court and raises the already high stakes in the race for president and U.S. Senate. Traditionally the courts have been a powerful motivator for conservative voters, especially white evangelical Christians. The question now is whether that dynamic will change in 2020 because the vacancy left by Ginsburg is so significant for those on the left.

The Trump campaign, RNC and congressional campaign committees did not immediately respond to requests for comparable fundraising data.