Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Importance of Donors in American Politics
- 2 Profile of Donors in 2008 and 2012
- 3 What Motivates Donors to Contribute?
- 4 How the Internet, BCRA, and Super PACs Have Affected Campaigns, Donor Attitudes, and Behavior
- 5 New, Repeat, Continuing, and Lapsed Donors
- 6 What Distinguishes Small Donors?
- 7 The Diminished Gender Gap among Democratic Donors
- 8 The Timing of Donations in Presidential Campaigns
- 9 Policy Implications of Changing Laws, Regulations, and of Who Donates
- 10 What Explains Donor Behavior?
- Appendix A
- Appendix B: Variable Specification
- Appendix C: List of Interviews
- Appendix D: Multivariate Analyses
- Appendix E: Factor Analyses
- Index
8 - The Timing of Donations in Presidential Campaigns
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Importance of Donors in American Politics
- 2 Profile of Donors in 2008 and 2012
- 3 What Motivates Donors to Contribute?
- 4 How the Internet, BCRA, and Super PACs Have Affected Campaigns, Donor Attitudes, and Behavior
- 5 New, Repeat, Continuing, and Lapsed Donors
- 6 What Distinguishes Small Donors?
- 7 The Diminished Gender Gap among Democratic Donors
- 8 The Timing of Donations in Presidential Campaigns
- 9 Policy Implications of Changing Laws, Regulations, and of Who Donates
- 10 What Explains Donor Behavior?
- Appendix A
- Appendix B: Variable Specification
- Appendix C: List of Interviews
- Appendix D: Multivariate Analyses
- Appendix E: Factor Analyses
- Index
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- Who Donates in Campaigns?The Importance of Message, Messenger, Medium, and Structure, pp. 246 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018