Earlier today, Granny Doc had a diary encouraging people to donate to the DNC. (If you haven't donated already or want to donate again, you can do so at their website.)
I went through all the comments (as of midnight, end of the day) and added up all the donations that people had said they made. The totals are amazing.
Numbers updated at midnight, including the numbers in another thread as well. (I'm bolding the numbers I change)
74 people said they donated and said how much. The totals: $5,035 to the DNC, and $455 more to Barack Obama.
57 others said they donated and didn't say how much. Even if conservatively, they only donated $25 each, that's $1,425 more (and it was probably more than that). Add those two totals up and it's $6,460.
I didn't include 15 others who said they'd donate later for a variety of reasons (waiting until they got home, waiting until Clinton drops out, waiting for payday, etc.) And I didn't include those who said they already donate to the DNC monthly or those who had said they had already contributed before this.
There's also no way of knowing how many people that read dKos but don't comment donated, and no way of knowing how many people donated but didn't comment about it in Granny Doc's diary.
So all in all, Daily Kos readers donated well over $6,000 to the DNC today, maybe significantly more.
A great thanks to Granny Doc for her diary and a major thanks to all those donated. In case you need a refresher, here's why Granny Doc said to donate to the DNC:
I have issued pleas for donations to the DNC several times in the past few months. I have received encouragement, demands to stop nagging until after it becomes clear who will receive the nomination, and refusals to donate until it becomes clear that the DNC will not give one red cent to (fill in the name of your candidate who is the only one qualified to save the world, here...)
Now it's time to belly up to the bar, boys!
Our party is struggling. And, unlike decades past, it really is our party!
They have spent millions in developing that brilliant 50 state strategy.
Now they need our support.
I know a number of you donate through the monthly bond. But, I also know a number of you who praise the money raising power of the net - It's time to put that power to use.
Click the link and send a few bucks to the DNC.
Do it right now. Tell Howard we've got his back. Eliminate the power of those who have been buying America to play in the same league as The People.
Note: This is my first diary here. Please give me feedback if I did anything contrary to dKos style and please fix the tags if need be, I had no idea what to write.