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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 10:21 AM
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Obama math, is this possible??? Feb fundraising at $70 mil?
I just posted this in another thread and it seems far fetched but based upon the numbers the Obama campaign has thrown out.

Assume the $109 per average contribution as he stated at the debate:

Take the total number of contributors for the year: 977,525

Then subtract the 256,000 in January who averaged $142 per contribution

To offset that high number and bring it down to $109 per contribution, take 256,000 donors in Feb and assume they each donated $76 per contribution. $76 + $142 = $218, Divide $218 by two to get an average of $109.

So assume 256,000 February donors averaged about $76 per head for a total of $19,456,000

Then subtract that 256,000 from the total number of February donors (721,000) for a total of 456,000 remaining donors at an average of $109 per donation for a total of $50,685,000

Add those two numbers together and it looks like:

$70,141,000

I dont think this is possible and again I am basing this off of the figures floating out there.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 10:42 AM
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1. Obama and math are strangers - check his program costs - but then he doesn't really plan to pass
those programs (per Obama's chief economic adviser speaking on CNBC).

The "correct number - the best I can get - is above $50 million in Feb for Obama vs $35 million for Hillary.
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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 10:44 AM
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2. So...
how are you getting to $50 mil? I just explained how I got to 70 mil.
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