Why if you believe what Democrats say, they should support
allowing anonymous donations.  With Democrats frequently
scooping up over $156 million of Obama's donations can in
donations of less than $200 in 2004 and more than half of his
donations in 2012 that they don't collect information on
(apparently many from foreign countries (see also here)), they
apparently have no problems with anonymous donations as long as
you break it down into many small payments.  But the claims from
Democrats in a recent The Hill newspaper article provides an
explanation why publishing the names of donors discourages races
against incumbents. Bevin’s biggest obstacle will be to raise
money for his campaign, as many business groups and political
action committees will steer clear of the race for fear of
offending McConnell, one of the nation’s most powerful
Republicans.  Democrats have subtly tried to influence other
Republican primaries, such as last year’s contest in Missouri.
But strategists predict Democratic donors and group