Nov 29 2008
Study: Obama’s Small Donor Base Image A Myth
The Los Angeles Times report that Obama’s small donor base is not really all that impressive. Personally I find their reporting not all that impressive. People who donate $200 are indeed large donors, but I donated (a total – across the primaries and general election) of $263 or somewhere around there. My largest single donation was $30, and that was a splurge.
Further – some of that money (roughly $30 worth) was contributed across 2 or 3 donations to a “bundler” – one Mr. Bob Cesca, who rallied commenters on his blog site (of which I am one) and raised a little better than $10,000. Mr. Cesca is not a “bundler” in the common sense, nor is his “bundling” in any way common. Mr. Cesca was able to use an online tool created by the campaign to bundle donations made directly to the campaign but in his name.
In short – we are still the “little people” – who did tremendous things. the L.A. Times could do some homework and find out what those numbers really mean, because it makes a world of a difference.
Where is Nate Silver to analyze the numbers when we need him!
QT
More on Obama Fundraising
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