But the move has other effects, including obscuring exactly how many — or how few — online donations Mr. DeSantis has received.
News emerged on Tuesday that Mr. DeSantis had replaced his campaign manager as part of a broad shake-up.
“To me, the single most important aspect of the transparent philosophical debate is: Is somebody buying influence?” Mr. Mackowiak said.
“You’re not going to buy anyone with a $200 or less donation.”Until recent years, he noted, small donations were never broken out in federal campaign finance disclosures.
In a sense — and to the all but certain dismay of those who push for transparency — the move by the DeSantis campaign suggests a return to a previous era when those contributions remained anonymous.
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