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small donors
noun1 informal term for campaign contributors who give a relatively small amount of money; while there is no official numerical definition, the term is often used to describe people who give too little to require that their identity be revealed on disclosure forms; at the federal level, the reporting threshold is $200 in aggregate to a single committee
Small donors have largely abandoned Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin as they have strayed from the Democratic Party, although they are attracting larger donors with ties to a centrist organization, new fundraising reports show.— Wall Street Journal
The Squad, whose eight members include U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, relied on small donors for about 47% of their funds raised in the last cycle, compared to about 18% among the rest of the House Democrats.— Reuters