With that, dear lady, you now have as they say, "skin in the game". Before now, the game you had skin in, including civil or military service was the U.S. in general. [;^)
There is more to this than money/donations. I volunteered in Republican elections/politics 1996 - 2016 when we lived in Lake Jackson TX. I spent money on political posters, banners, etc. and gas to and from the HQ. I just didn’t get paid. We saw a lot of voter fraud and we were mainly fighting against that. I worked with three ladies who were much older than me, and they had seen everything. I learned from the best! I just didn’t mail in a check to politicians. I am not a rich man.