governor bergum offered $20 gift stafts to the first 50,000 who gave at least a dollar, and mr. offered his donors a 10% cut they raised for his campaign just like avon. vivek has been offering people commission interest am money they raised and now they have secured their spots at the debate and a bunch of supporters have a lot of gift cards. former vice president mike pence, however, continues to try to get there the old-fashioned way with endless appeals on conservative media. when we come back, what the rnc s criteria for these small dollar donations tells us about the race as it stands right now. that is next. as it stands righ. that is next
okay, take a look at this. this is a graph showing the share of fund-raising from small dollar donors to republican 2024 presidential candidates in the first two quarters of this year. donald trump is the leading candidate. 82% of trump s total fund-raising comes from individual contributors is from small dollar donors, those are people who gave $200 or less. and those are the kind of donors typically able to donate more than once. they also happen to give us a pretty good indication of the grass roots enthusiasm that is out there. now, the enthusiasm for trump is evident despite his considerable legal peril, and then there is biotech entrepreneur vivek, he s second on this list with nearly 56% of his total fund-raising coming from small dollar