Following Matt Yglesias, Jon Bernstein offers his advice on the most efficient way to donate to campaigns: So there's no mathematical equation for exactly how to spend your money, but Yglesias is certainly right: it's hard to see presidential re-election as a good use of money, no matter how important the president is (and remember: as much as I'll talk about presidential weakness around here, I've also always pointed out that the president is the single most important single elected official). My guess is that for most partisans, the best choices are open Congressional (House and Senate) primaries in party-friendly seats with retiring Members, and close Senate general elections. But then again I should mention that I tend to have a strong and probably unjustifiable bias towards national politics; it may be that state legislative races and local races are really the best bets for many people.
On political donations
On political donations
On political donations
Following Matt Yglesias, Jon Bernstein offers his advice on the most efficient way to donate to campaigns: So there's no mathematical equation for exactly how to spend your money, but Yglesias is certainly right: it's hard to see presidential re-election as a good use of money, no matter how important the president is (and remember: as much as I'll talk about presidential weakness around here, I've also always pointed out that the president is the single most important single elected official). My guess is that for most partisans, the best choices are open Congressional (House and Senate) primaries in party-friendly seats with retiring Members, and close Senate general elections. But then again I should mention that I tend to have a strong and probably unjustifiable bias towards national politics; it may be that state legislative races and local races are really the best bets for many people.