Fundraising dinner

A fundraising dinner is primarily to be understood as a method of campaign financing in the USA that has been increasingly used in the United States since the 1920s to bridge the funding start-up phase.

After paying a relatively high entrance fee between 1,000 and 50,000 US dollars, a dinner can be consumed in the presence of well-known politicians and candidates from the respective party . As an additional entertainment program, after short speeches by the candidates, performances by close actors or musicians are usual.

Like all other donations over $ 10, the 1974 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act requires disclosure and, if it exceeds $ 100, it must be submitted for verification with the donor's name, address, occupation and place of employment.

This method is widespread, and in some films such as " In the Line of Fire " ( 1993 ) by Wolfgang Petersen with Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich it was even brought into the consciousness of the non-American public when the latter wanted to use one of those events for an assassination attempt.

For some years now, this method of fundraising has also started to gain acceptance in Europe , but here primarily among foundations .

literature

• Hans Sperber, Travis Trittschuh: American Political Terms. An Historical Dictionary . 4th edition. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1969.
• Jack C. Pano, Milton Greenberg: The American Political Dictionary . 11th edition. Harcourt College Publishers, Fort Worth, Texas 2001, ISBN 0155068679 .

Web links

• Association for the Promotion of Marxist Press Affairs eV, Munich, primaries in the USA, HOW HARD IT CAN BE, TO FIND THE MAN FOR THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD on “primaries and fundraising dinners”