Yep. These are mentioned in the post. I think 501c4s are often good donation opportunities. But it’s also widely agreed upon that they’re a much less effective way (more than 5x less effective) to support a candidate than direct, “hard-dollar” contributions to a candidate, except in some unusual cases where the campaign is being silly/the c4s are being extremely clever or for presidential elections where the campaigns have much more money.
For most races there also simply doesn’t exist a dedicated c4 trying to support a particular candidate (rather than push some agenda). (This is another way presidential races differ, though.)
Yep. These are mentioned in the post. I think 501c4s are often good donation opportunities. But it’s also widely agreed upon that they’re a much less effective way (more than 5x less effective) to support a candidate than direct, “hard-dollar” contributions to a candidate, except in some unusual cases where the campaign is being silly/the c4s are being extremely clever or for presidential elections where the campaigns have much more money.
For most races there also simply doesn’t exist a dedicated c4 trying to support a particular candidate (rather than push some agenda). (This is another way presidential races differ, though.)