Thread by @MichaelBHinman

Unemployment rates are based only on those actively looking for jobs, versus those with jobs. Last time I checked, retired people and stay-at-home parents — which represent 15% and 18% of the population, respectively — are not counted in that rate. #ActBlue

So if you take 33% of the population, plus 2019's 4% unemployment rate, you're at 37% when talking the entire nation. But not everyone donates, so that skews numbers. Like where 15% are retired, but 20% of your donations come from retirees. It's a smaller pool of donors.

How could Lindsey Graham have 20% retiree donation if only 15% of the country is retired? The same way you can have 50% unemployed donation rates for a country that is only 37% unemployed. Smaller pools will skew the broader numbers. #ActBlue

That's not to suggest that maybe there are indeed reporting problems with #ActBlue's system. But those are reporting problems that span all across our electoral process, including those that don't come through third party candidates.

I reviewed the first 10 individual donors who come up in an FEC search of @LindseyGrahamSC's 2019-20 donors. Of those 10, 60% either are unemployed (retired) or list no employment information. These are donations totaling just under $20,000. #ActBlue