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Monday is a big day for the presidential campaigns — the last one of the fund-raising quarter. If you are a donor or even subscribed to any campaign email lists, you’ve been inundated with solicitations for the last 48 hours or so. Meet our goal. Save the kittens! Get this sticker or that autographed hat or, if you’re feeling lucky, enter to win a trip to the next debate, or to campaign headquarters, or even to India!

All this shameless begging, which will continue unabated for a few more hours, comes in the name of juicing fund-raising numbers the campaigns must report to the Federal Election Commission by Oct. 15. Most will announce their numbers sooner than that — expect at least a couple campaigns to release totals before you wake up on Tuesday morning. In reality, it doesn’t matter if you contribute to a campaign today or tomorrow, but in the political world, quarterly fund-raising figures are a stand-in for a campaign’s strength, especially within such a crowded field.

The emails have been coming hot and heavy. I’m not a donor to Pete Buttigieg (or to anyone else — Times reporters are not allowed), but between Saturday morning and noon Monday, I’d received 11 emails from his campaign asking for money. Over the same time period, Joe Biden has emailed 10 times, Bernie Sanders nine times, Kamala Harris three times and Elizabeth Warren once.

Here’s the thing about all these emails: Nobody likes them. They clog up inboxes. The campaigns feel dirty and desperate sending them.