Barack Obama Sets New Fundraising Record, Crushes Romney
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:51 pm
"Romney's campaign continued its reliance on a relatively small donor base, pulling in $38 million, or 58 percent of its donations, from donors giving $2,500 or more. The Obama campaign raised its money from 1.17 million individual donors last month, with $33.7 million -- nearly 40 percent of his total -- coming from small donors giving less than $200.
August should have been a big month for Romney to expand his donor base, especially among small-dollar donors. The announcement of conservative Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee and the Republican National Convention in Tampa should have been events that both excited the party faithful, including those at the grassroots, and got them to open their wallets. While the big donations came in abundance, small donations did not. The campaign raised only $9.45 million from small donors, less than they raised in the previous month."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/2 ... f=politics
August should have been a big month for Romney to expand his donor base, especially among small-dollar donors. The announcement of conservative Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee and the Republican National Convention in Tampa should have been events that both excited the party faithful, including those at the grassroots, and got them to open their wallets. While the big donations came in abundance, small donations did not. The campaign raised only $9.45 million from small donors, less than they raised in the previous month."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/2 ... f=politics