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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney/RNC Outraise Obama/DNC With Huge $76.8 Million Haul
Mitt Romney and the RNC raised $76.8 million in May, easily outpacing $60 million from President Obamas campaign and the DNC. With outside conservative groups alone already outspending the Obama campaign in swing states and Democrats begging donors for help, the money race is tilting quickly toward the GOP.
Romney and the RNC now have $107 million cash on hand, with $12 million of their monthly haul coming from donations less than $250.
We are encouraged by the financial support from a broad range of voters, Romneys National Finance Chairman Spencer Zwick said in a statement. To them, whether they are Republican, Democrat, Independent, a first time political donor, or a former Obama donor, this is not just a campaign; its an opportunity for the country. It is clear that people arent willing to buy into hope & change again. Voters are making an investment because they believe that it will benefit the country.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-rnc-outraise-obama-dnc-with-huge-768
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)it won't be by the dimensions that Barrett was out spent in WI. Also, Dems traditionally are outspent by the GOP. With the exception of Obama in 2008 and LBJ in '64, the GOP always outspent dems in presidential elections in modern times.
No doubt about it, Obama and Dems will have to be very careful about how they use their money and where they spend it. I doubt you will be seeing much money spent on California or New York, for example.
If I were the Obama group, I would concentrate on Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado & Iowa. With the blue states, generally I feel comfortable, all Obama needs is a couple of the states listed above--Romney needs almost all of them to win.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)And which party represents everyone else?
B2G
(9,766 posts)I thought the last I saw, Obama had far more than Romney.
B2G
(9,766 posts)According to the ABC, Obama has a sizable advantage. Adding the May number in to what they each had in April, Obama has 255 million vs Romney's 181 million.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/thanks-to-obama-campaign-democrats-enjoy-cash-advantage/
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)...eom
railsback
(1,881 posts)its apparent the GOP needs to raise at least 8 times more than Obama to stay even with him. $30 million they spent for virtually the same results as 2010.