Obama Raised Over $500 Million Online During Campaign

Washington Post:

Barack Obama raised half a billion dollars online in his 21-month campaign for the White House, dramatically ushering in a new digital era in presidential fundraising.

In an exclusive interview with The Post, members of the vaunted Triple O, Obama's online operation, broke down the numbers: 3 million donors made a total of 6.5 million donations online adding up to more than $500 million. Of those 6.5 million donations, 6 million were in increments of $100 or less. The average online donation was $80, and the average Obama donor gave more than once.

Read the whole story: Washington Post

Comments

[Hawka]

Fix the headline, 500 million, if he had 500 billion to work with then I wouldn't be so worried about the economy right now.

[kid5rivers2]

Okay! Fix lead headline! It says: "Obama Raised $500 Billion Online During Campaign". Billion, not Million.

[JRsNana]

Headline needs to be changed. If he raised $500 billion then he should have enough left over to help bail out - well - EVERYONE! I could use $250,000.

[jeremyemilio]

Try $2500. Math really isn't a strong point around here, is it?

[JRsNana]

Lighten up jeremy - it was a joke. Humor's not really your strong suit, is it?

[cocopuffed]

get your numbers right
500 Million, not Billion.

[bristolsamilf]

Title says billion, instead of million.

[artzte]

The home page headline says he raised $500 billion. That got my attention.

[bmwracer]

Maybe the Fed will ask him for a bailout.... LOL.

[toypiano]

LOL!