A respectful ask of you, Pat​:

Believe me when I say that I wouldn't be asking if your support today weren't mission-critical to executing our plans to win.

Pat, according to the team at the DNC, you have yet to split a $10 contribution between my campaign and the Democratic Party. I'm respectfully asking for a moment to level with you about why there has never been a more important time to make your first donation than right now: These next few months have the potential to make or break our chances of restoring dignity, optimism, and respect to the Oval Office and to key offices nationwide -- and I can promise you that the fight to defeat Donald Trump and his Republican allies down the ticket will not be an easy task. Our race is shaping up to be historically expensive, especially in the battleground states that could ultimately decide who occupies the White House for the next four years. That leaves me with no choice but to ask you to dig deep and do all you can to support my campaign and the DNC -- even if right now that means sparing just a few bucks. I know that it's a tough time for many folks on this team to chip in, so believe me when I say that I wouldn't be asking if your support today weren't mission-critical to executing our plans to win. A strong, well-resourced DNC will be essential not only to win the White House, but also to make sure we can elect Democrats at every level of office. Please, will you split a $10 donation between my campaign for president and our party today? DONATE: $10 DONATE: $25 DONATE: $50 DONATE: $100 DONATE: $250 Donate another amount With each passing day, the window we've got to win the White House and elect Democrats down the ballot grows smaller. Thanks in no small part to folks like you chipping in to emails just like this one, my team and the DNC have gotten off to a great start so far -- but there is a tremendous amount of work left to do to build the organizing, data, ads, and voter protection efforts it will take to defeat Trump and his GOP allies. Every dollar the DNC and my campaign receive from this grassroots team plays a huge role in helping scale up the programs we all need to win on November 3, which is why I'm respectfully asking you: Will you split your first $10 contribution between my campaign and the DNC today? We've got to leave everything on the field in this election, because we won't get another chance at this. All my best, Joe Joe Biden P.S. Election Day will be here in the blink of an eye, and what we raise in these next few crucial months will determine the amount of direct voter outreach we can do ahead of the election of our lifetimes. It's go time, Pat, so if you can, please split $10 between my campaign and the DNC right now. If you no longer wish to receive emails from the DNC, submit this form to unsubscribe. If you'd only like to receive our most important messages, sign up to receive less email. If you're ready to elect Democrats in all 50 states, make a contribution today. Contributions or gifts to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. Paid for by the Democratic National Committee, www.Democrats.org, and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.