[_dark_matter_]

Have you ever donated 10s of thousands to a political campaign? For anything congressional-level or lower, this gets you calls from the politician, face-to-face access, emails, meetings, and up-to-date info. You will soon be fielding calls from people you haven't donated to, who think you may donate, and they will also listen to you.

And this is for congressional-level. For state senate, state house, local gov, etc. I imagine this could go even further. City councils and mayors have lots of impact but little donations.

[wayne-li2]

I can confirm. After donating a similar amount, I regularly field calls from candidates (directly, not from their staff). Granted it’s usually just asking for more money, although I’ve had some interesting chats to say the least.

10k is not a lot at the presidential election sure, and maybe not for Senate either, but it is a lot of money even in House races. And for many state races.

[jedberg]

How do you contribute more than $2700? Ask for an invite to a fundraising dinner? Find a PAC? I've given the max contribution before but never heard about the ways to give more.

[wayne-li2]

Correct, PAC another 5k, Super PAC unlimited or some amount too high for me to care.