Only 8 Percent Of Bush Donors Have Given To McCain

Congressional Quarterly:

John McCain may be the presumed Republican presidential nominee, but he's still not connecting with a critical group of donors the way President Bush did during his 2004 re-election campaign.

The extensive network of partisan supporters that helped President Bush break fundraising records on his way to two terms in office has, for an array of reasons, yet to rally around the Arizona senator.

According to a Congressional Quarterly analysis, only about 5,000 of the 62,800 donors who gave the maximum contribution of $2,000 to Bush -- roughly 8 percent -- had given to McCain as of April 30.

Although the general election is still months away, the hesitancy on the part of former Bush donors may point to larger fundraising challenges for McCain. So far, he has been out-raised by his Democratic counterparts, tallying only $101 million in receipts through the end of April compared to $272 million for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama , the presumed Democratic nominee. The huge fundraising gap represents a monumental switch from the past two presidential elections, when Bush enjoyed a significant fundraising edge over his Democratic opponents. At this stage of the campaign in 2004, the president had raised nearly $204 million.

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Comments

[kellygrrrl]

wow! 8% of people are flushing money down the toilet?

shocking!

[Cathexis]

I think they all kno wthat McCain is a "paper candidate" -- one who was owed a shot, but whom everyone expects to fial miserably. The GOp doesn't *really* accept McCain -- he is not "one of them," in the cult perspective, even when he tries to do the Zombie Walk-n-Talk.

McCain is being set up for a pratfall of monumental proportions, IMO. I almost feel sorry for the guy. I think George McGovern will be laughing at McCain's electoral results, come November.

[Tariqahmed]

Heard McCain try steal Clinton backers-
OBAMA will win all BUSH 04 voters. McCain is a DOA.