Posted on 10/15/2020 8:28:49 PM PDT by MrChips
I am totally confused by all these emails that say they will double, triple, quadruple, or more if I make a political donation. Fine. But where would that money come from? I don’t understand.
Is there something about “matching” donations that bypasses Federally-mandated campaign spending limits?
If you send me your bank account information,
I will match your donation 1000%.
LOL.
I’ve been getting those too. I also asked people on FR and they told me they get the same and is from the Trump campaign. I think they’re from the Trump campaign but to be sure, never donate directly with your phone.
If I want to donate, I go directly to the Donald Trump website and donate from there. I feel that’s the safe way to go.
African Prince chipping in, just give him your bank account info
I hit the unsubscribe link in RNC/GOP emails a couple of weeks ago because they were becoming nonsense and I was getting many per day.
Let me be clear, mine came to my phone as text messages (not by email) I just read your post again.
Treat it as you would an email from your bank. If you want to donate, go directly to the Trump website (and not thru any link in an email).
I wondered too so I looked it up the other day. The matching fund appeal typically draws more than other appeals. The matching money comes from donors who have pledged contributions and they use this pledged money to match donations. The campaign will get the pledged money anyway (whether there are matches for it or not), so if you respond to a matching donation appeal, the the only additional money the campaign gets is yours.
This is the fourth such post I’ve seen over the past few weeks.
If you understand that 8x your donation will be matched, you understand.
If you want to give them money, give it. Why come here and ask obvious, set up questions.
I’ve seen a couple of phone donations for Donald J. Trump for President.
Check who the donation is going to carefully.
There are some matching funds that are done through the federal or local jurisdictions. That ‘contribute $3 to the presidential campaign fund’ on your income tax form is where some of the matching comes from.
However, it’s most likely a marketing ploy that been used by political campaigns for years.
Can you copy/paste the text?
US Treasury, from thin air
I get them. They’re from the Trump campaign.
If you give me $20 I will give you $2
Bkmk
“I am totally confused by all these emails that say they will double, triple, quadruple, or more if I make a political donation. Fine. But where would that money come from? I don’t understand.”
They don’t either. It’s word salad. To make you think that even if your donation is small, it will get magnified by their “matching” sums so that you’ll feel better about the amount you donate, even if it is a piddly amount because that’s all you can afford. It’s a psychological ploy to part you from your money because you are doing something good by helping them because they are matching you, and that will be more beneficial to the cause.
I have contributed very small amounts or have bought a hat or mug because I want Trump to win, and I just ignore all the campaign ploys they use when soliciting money. I must get about 2,000 GOP emails a day right now (slight exaggeration) begging for money, lol. I just want Trump as my President because he’s been a great conservative leader. Period.
If I was rich, I’d contribute a lot. Just give what you can afford to give and ignore the marketing ploys, although maybe they work or my guess is they wouldn’t bother doing them. Bottom line, Trump must win and anyone who can contribute any amount at all should do so. Soros and Company are flooding Biden’s campaign with money. Biden’s Ad’s are everywhere. CONTRIBUTE TO TRUMP IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO SO!!!!!
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