Washington (CNN) ActBlue, the online fundraising platform for liberal candidates and causes, helped drive more than $1.2 billion into federal campaigns in the midterm elections. Adding in the money ActBlue helped send to liberal groups and non-congressional candidates, the online engine helped move a record $1.6 billion to Democratic candidates and causes in this cycle. "When the water pressure is low, you can't tell much difference between Republican online fundraising and Democratic online fundraising. More than half -- 54.9% -- of the money from individual donors to Democratic House candidates in the midterms flowed through ActBlue, its data show. "They knew very little about the governor's race or House candidates down there.

Source: CNN December 18, 2018 11:03 UTC