Deep-blue New York brought the green this general election cycle.

The Empire State ranked second after California in total donations to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.


What You Need To Know

  • New Yorkers helped Biden and Democratic ticket outraise Trump and Republicans

  • New York State ranks second in nation in total donations to Democrats: Center for Responsive Politics

  • Individual donors from state gave nearly $156 million to Democratic candidates, but only about $38 million to GOP

It was fourth in total donations to Republicans.

Individual donors from New York State gave nearly $156 million to Democratic candidates but only about $38 million to Republican ones, the center's data showed.

And individual donors from the city gave nearly $54 million to President-elect Biden versus nearly $9 million to President Trump, the data showed.

New York cash also flowed to Democrats in Senate races.

A NY1 review of federal filings found New York State donors accounted for $2.8 million of the nearly $90 million that Mark Kelly raised for his successful bid against Martha McSally in Arizona, and for $2.3 million of the $90 million that failed candidate Amy McGrath raised to unseat Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

New York fundraiser Robert Zimmerman says it wasn’t deep-pocketed donors making the difference.

“What really defines 2020 is the role of the small-dollar donor," said Zimmerman, a Democratic national committeeman. "That barista in Williamsburg and that Meetup group in Bensonhurst has replaced the high-end cocktail parties in the Hamptons and on Park Avenue and for that matter in Bel-Air.”

With Biden elected, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York now looks to the two Senate runoffs in Georgia in January to give Democrats control of the chamber.

“Now we take Georgia, then we change the world!" Schumer said Saturday.

Those races will also be nationalized — and expensive, say political experts like Emory University’s Andra Gillespie.

“It’s not surprising for people who are candidates to get donations from people who are outside of their jurisdiction," said Gillespie, an associate professor of political science. "It happens all the time and it’s something that we very much expect in the Georgia runoffs because it's the last election of the 2020 cycle.”

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and grassroots organizer Stacey Abrams said Monday that $6 million has already been raised to boost Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

“As we continue to make sure that every vote is counted and every voice is heard, our work is not done," Abrams said in a video posted to Twitter.