UPDATED: Parties Post Strong Q3 Results Across the Board
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Every party has something to brag about in the third quarter fundraising reports deposited with Elections Canada today.
The Conservatives outraised all their competitors, ringing in at $4.5M from 39,785 contributors for an average donation of $113.47.
Next came the Liberals, who posted $1.9M from 17,810 contributors giving an average of $109.17 each.
The NDP posted a record-high non-election third quarter, as we reported exclusively earlier, chiming in at $1.08M from 13,705 contributors, handing over $78.64 per capita.
The Green Party raised $240K from 3,315 donors, who gave on average $72.38.
And the Bloc Québécois earned $221K from 2,688 contributors, who each gave $82.31 on average.
Even the recession hasn't stopped the Conservative fundraising juggernaut, which is ahead of where it was at this point in 2007 (the last non-election third quarter). It raised almost as much from small donors alone ($3,25M from contributors giving $200 or less) than all other parties raised from any category of donor combined ($3.48M).
However, while some Liberals were privately concerned that their third quarter results might reflect a slightly different manifestation of last year's so-called "Ignatieff effect", in fact the Liberals' Q3 total was in-line with the fundraising trend set earlier in the year. And although the majority does still come from large donors, they continued to grow fundraising amongst small donors, both in the total amount and in an increase number of contributors. UPDATE: Early media commentary appears to be focusing on the Liberals' drop from the second quarter. However, their second quarter included the party's convention, the fees for which were equivalent to an individual's annual contribution limit ($1,200). Nevertheless, the Party managed to post a stronger year-over-year third quarter result than last year, during the general election.
We've covered the NDP return across several posts already (the advantage of giving an early heads-up to the Pundits' Guide, hint, hint), along with the Bloc's return when it was first released several weeks ago.
In a subsequent post, we'll take a closer look at the cumulative picture of contributions by size, and see how many contributors are "tapped out" for each party.
Every party has something to brag about in the third quarter fundraising reports deposited with Elections Canada today.
- the Liberals have already raised 110% of their 2008 take by the end of the third quarter
- the NDP has all but made up its gap from the first-half of the year
- the Bloc has moved to step up fundraising significantly from earlier non-election years
- the Greens have maintained and slightly improved their performance from the last non-election year in 2007, and
- the Conservatives have once again raised more money than all the other parties combined, the lion's share of it from small donors
The Conservatives outraised all their competitors, ringing in at $4.5M from 39,785 contributors for an average donation of $113.47.
Next came the Liberals, who posted $1.9M from 17,810 contributors giving an average of $109.17 each.
The NDP posted a record-high non-election third quarter, as we reported exclusively earlier, chiming in at $1.08M from 13,705 contributors, handing over $78.64 per capita.
The Green Party raised $240K from 3,315 donors, who gave on average $72.38.
And the Bloc Québécois earned $221K from 2,688 contributors, who each gave $82.31 on average.
Even the recession hasn't stopped the Conservative fundraising juggernaut, which is ahead of where it was at this point in 2007 (the last non-election third quarter). It raised almost as much from small donors alone ($3,25M from contributors giving $200 or less) than all other parties raised from any category of donor combined ($3.48M).
However, while some Liberals were privately concerned that their third quarter results might reflect a slightly different manifestation of last year's so-called "Ignatieff effect", in fact the Liberals' Q3 total was in-line with the fundraising trend set earlier in the year. And although the majority does still come from large donors, they continued to grow fundraising amongst small donors, both in the total amount and in an increase number of contributors. UPDATE: Early media commentary appears to be focusing on the Liberals' drop from the second quarter. However, their second quarter included the party's convention, the fees for which were equivalent to an individual's annual contribution limit ($1,200). Nevertheless, the Party managed to post a stronger year-over-year third quarter result than last year, during the general election.
We've covered the NDP return across several posts already (the advantage of giving an early heads-up to the Pundits' Guide, hint, hint), along with the Bloc's return when it was first released several weeks ago.
In a subsequent post, we'll take a closer look at the cumulative picture of contributions by size, and see how many contributors are "tapped out" for each party.
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