Clinton Presidential Campaign Receives Record Donations
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The Hillary Clinton for President Exploratory Committee reported that the campaign has collected $36 million in its first quarter, a record amount of money.
Of the total raised since Clinton announced her plans to form an exploratory committee, $26 million are new receipts. Eighty percent of the donations were $100 or less, and $4.2 million was received over the Internet. And the 50,000 donors to the committee came from all 50 states, including Washington, D.C. The last $10 million dollars was transferred from Clinton’s 2006 senate reelection campaign.
Compared to Al Gore’s $8.9 million in his first quarter of his 2000 run for President, Clinton’s fundraising results are certainly impressive.
By the end of the first quarter of 2007 (March 31), the principal campaign committees must report their fundraising achievements up to that date. Two other candidates have made their results public. John Edwards has raised $14 million, a little over $3 million from Internet donations, and Joseph Biden made almost $4 million, $2 million of which came from his senate campaign.
The only candidate who has not released their fundraising numbers to the public is Barack Obama. “I think that we should meet people's expectations. More importantly, I think we will have raised enough money to make sure we can compete for the next quarter and beyond,” said Obama.
Whatever the results, the 2008 Democratic Primary Race is well under way.
I have a feeling that Clinton will win this hands down. Just because she is a female running for president, and maybe possibly because lots of people like her, and trust her.
I question if the calculations include payments made to people for giving money into the campaign just so she could put numbers on the board to look good.
It would be very nice to have a woman on board as President - but heaven help me - not Hillary.
At this point I have no idea who I'm going to vote for, but I like the fact that she isn't a token candidate. She has a serious shot at winning the Democratic nomination.
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