Barack Obama's small donor army is back and bigger than ever

Friday, November 18

Even with low approval ratings and an uncertain path to reelection, President Obama is exceeding expectations in one area: His campaign is doing far better at attracting grass-roots financial support this year than his GOP rivals or his own historic effort in 2008, according to new contribution data.

The sheer scale of small donations, totaling $56 million for Obama and his party, has surprised many Democratic strategists and fundraisers who feared that a sour economy would make it difficult for Obama to raise money from disenchanted and cash-strapped voters.

"A Washington Post analysis shows that nearly half of his campaign contributions, and a quarter of the money he has raised for the Democratic Party, has come from donors giving less than $200. That's much higher than it was four years ago, and far beyond what the best-funded Republicans have managed. Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, the leading GOP fundraisers, have instead embraced a traditional approach, focusing on big-dollar contributors who can fill the coffers without the high overhead costs of a campaign targeting small donations, the analysis shows."

“The number of small donations shows who it is that supports this president and who put him there,” said Katherine Hahn, a self-described “mom and artist” from Evergreen, Colo., who gives Obama $25 a month. “It wasn’t the powers that be so much as it was people like me.”


read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-outpaces-gop-rivals-and-his-own-2008-results-in-small-donations/2011/11/04/gIQANhTJWN_print.html

Will anything less than, say, 85% be considered "low" to the Washington Post? They don't know from low. Congress is low. 9%. That's way below the approval rating for the IRS. Obama is doing relatively well, hovering around 50%.

My approval of the Washington Post is often very low.

Obama 2012 -- the alternative is scary.

Clinton and Reagan both made the low 30s before recovering. Obama only touched high 30s in a few polls.

would do to all of us, know how important this election is.

not surprising ....to anyone other than the inner press sect who appear to actually believe Fox News

“The number of small donations shows who it is that supports this president and who put him there,” said Katherine Hahn, a self-described “mom and artist” from Evergreen, Colo., who gives Obama $25 a month. “It wasn’t the powers that be so much as it was people like me.”

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Month or two and I should have something to send.

GOBAMA!

Don

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will they be able to afford to pay the high costs of attracting small donations?

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