Help me strategize US political donations

Post date: 2020-09-19 10:43:57

I found Maciej Ceg?owski's guide to effective political giving to be persuasive, helpful, and inspiring. I'm planning on following the basic recommendation to donate to state level candidates in swing states as the best way to help GOTV to defeat Trump. The states that make sense to me to donate to are Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan (because the first two seem most likely to be crucial to the election and the last is where I grew up).

So I've been researching the candidates in the SwingLeft SuperState list. I've also cross referenced the Justice Democrats list and the DSA endorsement list. I'm most interested in supporting candidates who are POC, queer, and/or Democratic Socialists but also am okay with just supporting any Democrats who have a reasonable chance of winning and who are going to use my contribution to help get out the vote both for themselves and for Biden.

My current budget for donations is probably $200-400. I'm leaning towards giving money to 2-3 candidates in each of the three states, one who is definitely one the SwingLeft SuperState list and one who fits my "most interested" criteria. Is this a reasonable plan? Like if I gave something like $20 to each of 9 candidates? Or is it much more effective to narrow in on a smaller amount of races and give like $70 to 3 candidates? Also, how much does it make sense to prioritize the SwingLeft SuperState list versus supporting POC and Democratic Socialists? (I realize that last question might be a values call, still interested in hearing perspectives on it!)

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