October 20, 2008
Obama's Online Small-Donor Base Brings In $150 Million In September
Small donations of $5, $10 and $25 dollars over the Internet brought Obama's campaign $150 million dollars in September, proving he made a wise decision to forgo public financing in exchange for the unyielding power of the Internet to fund-raise.
Obama is the first presidential candidate to opt-out of the public financing system since its establishment in 1976. Around the world, politicians have taken not of Obama's online success, embracing the Internet like never before.
Obama heads the far-most tech-savvy campaign in American history and may be paving the path towards an online political landscape. This will be the largest campaign whose fate is determined by the Net, an election that will be won or lost online.
ePolitics' Colin Delaney has a great story on the small online donor
Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, reported in a video sent out to supporters that the campaign has added 632,000 new donors in September for a total 3.1 million donors. The average donation was $86 dollars.
Here is the video:
Posted by Buzz Webster at October 20, 2008 03:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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