Record monthly donation total in the history of presidential primaries
Having already broken one record by receiving over 1 million individual donations, Barack Obama last month notched up another — a record monthly donation total. In February 2008, $55 million was donated in an effort to secure the Democratic Party nomination. No campaign has ever raised this much in a single month in the history of presidential primaries.
Barack contacted us with this message:
As you know, we’ve won 27 of 41 contests and have maintained our commanding lead among pledged delegates.
But today I want to share another staggering number: supporters like you donated more than $55 million to this campaign in the month of February.
That’s a humbling achievement, and I am very grateful for your support.
No campaign has ever raised this much in a single month in the history of presidential primaries. But more important than the total is how we did it — more than 90% of donations were $100 or less, and more than 385,000 new donors in February pushed us past our goal of more than 1,000,000 people owning a piece of this campaign.
From the beginning, this campaign has always been funded by a movement of grassroots supporters giving whatever they can afford. And unlike Senator Clinton and Senator McCain, we have never taken money from lobbyists or PACs.
Senator Clinton has decided to use her resources to wage a negative, throw ‘everything including the kitchen sink campaign’. John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination and is attacking us daily. But I will continue to vigorously defend my record and make the case for change that will improve the lives of all Americans.