Thanks for posting the link to the open secrets article. The last paragraph is a real zinger:
“The complaint comes days after The New York Times reported online donations to WinRed dropped 12% from the first to the second quarter of 2022, while donations to ActBlue jumped 21% for that same period.”
It’s looks like a horde of otherwise loyal Republican contributors are getting the idea that WINRED is a scam and have shut off contributions that are run through it. Once again, this case calls for a serious investigation and major reform of WINRED, if the Republican Party wants to finance its operations through any kind of a distribution center like WINRED.
Lots of misinformation out there on winred, hard to determine the truth. Actblue is a non profit so more reporting there.
Nearest I can determine they do pass on all contributions to the candidates quickly. Winred charges a fee to recipients of 3-5 percent depending on the size of contributions. Some one pays the fees for the credit cards also which are 3-5 percent.
Winred does still collect a fee on refunded collections, thus their aggressiveness. But this aggressiveness does appear to give a net benefit to the recipient, else they would not do it.
My analysis is winred does a reasonable job for candidates, still better morally than non profit ACTBlue operation system.
Folks, lets face it, it costs money to get donations. I suspect winred is lower cost than others.
Trump still believes in it and the only way to contribute to Trump. , but I still trust Trump , he helped set this up.
I Give Trump $100 per month via winred. Once you get past the perceived aggressiveness, it works. Nothing is perfect.
Regular month contributions are important for organizations, even Free Republic.
after The New York Times reported online donations to WinRed dropped 12% from the first to the second quarter of 2022, while donations to ActBlue jumped 21% for that same period.”