The June 30th reporting date for the 2nd quarter fundraising results are still a couple days away, but that hasn't stopped the Obama campaign from releasing some preliminary figures from the past three months. With 138,000 new donors contributing to his campaign, Barack has nearly a quarter of a million people who have invested money in his candidacy. It is nothing short of amazing.
From The Huffington Post:
The campaign won't say yet how much the donors have given, but the large number suggests their fundraising will be competitive with the $25.7 million he raised in the first quarter. A campaign official speaking on the condition of anonymity tried to tamp down expectations by disclosing that the average donation in the second quarter is likely to be less than the roughly $247 in the first quarter.
The campaign was announcing a goal Thursday of attracting 250,000 donors by midnight on Saturday, the next money reporting deadline. It was 7,214 short as of Wednesday.
The campaign said it collected 335,953 contributions _ meaning that many individuals made repeat donations _ and its goal will be to reach 350,000 by the deadline.
Barack's fundraising statistics mirror the size of the crowds that attend his rallies. He is nothing short of a political rockstar. He is on pace to raise over a hundred million dollars this year and remains competitive in the polls. With all of the fame and the press that hungrily laps it up, will it actually translate into victories when the primaries are finally upon us? Clinton is still the frontrunner nationally and raising roughly the same amount of cash (from wealthier sources of course). The rockstar of 2007/08 still needs to find a way to cut her sails before she runs away with the nomination.
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