Dem Committees Maintain Cash Advantage Over GOP Counterparts

by Jonathan Singer, Sat May 19, 2007 at 12:26:44 PM EDT

Back in the first quarter, the Democratic Party's campaign committees were able to outraise those of the GOP for the first time in recent memory. Now the folks at PoliticalMoneyLine have compiled the latest campaign finance filings for the parties submitted this past week and it appears that the Democrats are continuing their relative level of dominance. Take a look:

Committee	April Receipts	April Disbursements	April Cash-on-Hand	April Debts/ Obligations
DSCC	$4,630,043	$1,999,735	$12,081,746	$5,500,000
NRSC	$2,124,546	$2,181,711	$3,419,199	$0

DCCC	$2,342,528	$2,872,157	$9,352,997	$5,158,610
NRCC	$3,013,312	$4,030,308	$1,602,319	$7,275,000

DNC	$3,958,795	$4,702,675	$6,098,175	$3,000,000
RNC	$7,442,680	$6,010,150	$14,243,578	$0


Total Democrats	$10,930,366	$7,774,567	$27,532,918	$13,658,610
Total Republicans	$12,580,538	$12,222,169	$19,265,096	$7,275,000

The three Democratic committees currently hold a combined cash-on-hand advantage over the three Republican committees in excess of $8 million. Even when debts and obligations are taken into account, the Democratic committees still have a combined cash-on-hand advantage of close to $2 million over their Republican rivals ($13,874,308 to $11,990,096).

It's been said before but it bears repeating again: Republicans have long been able to make up for their unpopularity on issues and relatively smaller base of supporters by vastly outspending the Democrats. But now that the Democrats have more than met a level of fundraising parity against the GOP, can Republicans really still continue to pull out races without trumping Democrats with their superior bank accounts?

Tags: 2008, dccc, DSCC, Fundraising, NRCC, NRSC, RNC (all tags)

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Hell to the Naw...

nuff said about the Republicans, Dems rule...

by icebergslim 2007-05-19 01:21PM | 0 recs

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Re: Dem Committees Maintain Cash Advantage Over GO

Not surprised that the DNC is still behind the RNC, but holy crap - the DSCC and DCCC are beating the tar out of their Republican counterparts. That's embarrassing.

by PsiFighter37 2007-05-19 06:44PM | 0 recs

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Good News

This is very heartening news. Vast sums of money have made many Republicans electable who never would have been without it. With a very unpopular President, 21 Senate seats to defend (compared to 12 for the Democrats), and stances on issues that only a small minority of Americans support, Republicans may get trounced in 2008.

However, we shouldn't forget that the Republicans get a lot of free, positive coverage from the mainstream media. The MSM publishes/broadcasts their talking points and subtley (and sometimes blatantly) attacks progressive Democrats and Democratic perspectives on issues. And some of that money that Democrats are reaping comes with strings attached that will push Democrats to support unpopular (and not progressive) positions, making it harder for them to get elected.

So we still have a lot of work to do.

by RandomNonviolence 2007-05-20 06:32AM | 0 recs

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Relative to previous years it's great but it's not all good. The DSCC clearly is doing better than the NRSC. The DCCC is doing better than the NRCC, though the NRCC's higher April receipts may be something to worry about if it continues so. And there's still a huge disparity between the DNC and RNC.

by Nautilator 2007-05-20 07:12AM | 0 recs

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Re: Cash Disbursements

Not good that the Democrats still owe about $6 million MORE than the Repubs. Hope they can get that paid off soon.

Meanwhile where's all the money going? In April the Dems disbursed almost $8 million, the Repubs over $12 million -- on what? Payroll? Polling? Paying down debt?

There hasn't even been a single special election yet, or did I sleep through something? The DCCC has run some negative radio ads in NM-01 against Heather Wilson, who richly deserves them, but that wasn't $2 million, more like $20 thousand.

I can understand building up cash on hand, but that's big cash out of hand, so where did it go?

by Woody 2007-05-20 04:39PM | 0 recs