Internet fuels huge rise in campaign donors
A new report from the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet finds that the Internet fueled a dramatic increase in the number of Americans who contributed to candidates in 2004, and the number of small donations overall.
The report, co-authored by the Campaign Finance Institute, says three or four times as many people made contributions in 2004 than in 2000.
Prinicipal author Joe Graf says the ease of giving to candidates over the Internet is largely responsible for this new level of civic engagement.
