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Obama Claims 75,000 New Third Quarter Donors – So Far
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ABC News' Jonathan Greenberger reports: With less than a week to go before the end of the important third quarter of presidential fundraising, the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama is giving a sneak peek of the size of its massive fundraising machine.
In an e-mail to supporters, the campaign claims an eye-popping total of 472,033 donations from 333,319 people over the course of the campaign.
If the number of donors holds, it would represent approximately 75,000 new donors for the campaign during the third quarter, which began July 1 and ends this Sunday.
That would be a dropoff from the first two quarters of the year – in the first quarter, the campaign had just over 100,000 donors, and during the second quarter, the campaign reported 154,000 new donors – but still contributes to an impressively large donor pool, especially considering the third quarter is typically more difficult for presidential fundraising, with many Americans on vacation and the most likely supporters having already made donations.
The campaign did not say how much money all these donors have given.
"Most campaigns, and the pundits watching them, still measure success solely in dollars. And we will hold our own on that scorecard. But we can prove a more powerful point," writes Obama in the e-mail to supporters. "We can prove that it's people, not dollars, that should be the measure for campaigns."
After contributions over the next week are included, the campaign says it hopes to have a total of 350,000 donors and 500,000 donations at the quarter's end.
Already, Obama is putting some of his money to use. On Monday the campaign announced it will begin airing its latest ad, "Believe," in the early primary voting state of New Hampshire. This is the Obama campaign's first television ad buy in the Granite State, and it comes on the heels of Obama's introduction of two new television ads in Iowa last week.
September 24, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (1)
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wow, I think Mr. Greenberger has done a fantastic job! He might be your best reporter! you should definitely give him a huge raise, perhaps with stock options and a michael ovitz-style severance package.
Posted by: Evan G | Sep 25, 2007 11:45:34 PM
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