For the 23 people now running for president as Democrats, there are good days and bad days. But, most important, there are big days. The days that keep the lights on. The days that fundamentally alter one’s trajectory. And these days often played out on television, and then reverberated on social media, showcasing how viral moments are so often driving donations and the race writ large.
To pinpoint those moments, The New York Times analyzed 5.8 million donations, melding together election filings from all the candidates and ActBlue, the party’s dominant donation-processing platform. CONT.
Shane Goldmacher, K.K. Rebecca Lai & Rachel Shorey, New York Times