More Problems, More Money: Using Twitter as a Nationwide Fundraising Tool

• In Event: The Politics of Fundraising

Brief Overview

We test for a direct link between the most extreme, viral tweets and corresponding contributions from those outside of a candidate’s district, as well as the indirect link between national news coverage of these tweets and additional contributions.

Authors

• Maggie Macdonald, New York University

• Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

• Jonathan Nagler, New York University