Edited by Casey J. Skeens
Romney’s Advantage in Election Fundraising Concerns Obama
There is concern in the president’s ranks regarding the advantage of the Republican candidate, who raised $106 million in June ($35 million more than Obama)
The President of the United States, Barack Obama — desperate — has asked for help from his voters. “I need your help,” the head of state claims in a letter addressed to his followers, through which he asks for a donation of “three dollars or more” this very day.
It’s the first time that a current president is being surpassed in fundraising for an election campaign by his novice candidate, and that is what Barack Obama has let his followers know through a personal letter. “We are being surpassed,” the president announces, warning that “we can win a race in which the other side spends more than we do, but not this much more.”
For the second month in a row, the Obama campaign is behind that of Mitt Romney in fundraising. In May, the ex-governor of Massachusetts surpassed Obama for the first time, $77 million to $60 million. Already in April, the revenue of the Republican candidate’s team ($40.1 million) came close to that of the president ($43.6 million). In June, the trend was confirmed. Romney raised $106 million — a donation record, and record amount raised in just one month by a conservative hopeful — and Obama only $71 million.
“This election will be a test of the model that got us here,” Obama reports. “We'll learn whether it's still true that a grassroots campaign can elect a president — whether ordinary Americans are in control of our democracy in the face of massive spending.”
Until last June, the maximum monthly amount obtained by an electoral campaign was reached by Obama himself in September of 2008 when he managed to raise $150 million, less than a month before the elections that put him in power.
The President of the United States, Barack Obama — desperate — has asked for help from his voters. “I need your help,” the head of state claims in a letter addressed to his followers, through which he asks for a donation of “three dollars or more” this very day.
It’s the first time that a current president is being surpassed in fundraising for an election campaign by his novice candidate, and that is what Barack Obama has let his followers know through a personal letter. “We are being surpassed,” the president announces, warning that “we can win a race in which the other side spends more than we do, but not this much more.”
For the second month in a row, the Obama campaign is behind that of Mitt Romney in fundraising. In May, the ex-governor of Massachusetts surpassed Obama for the first time, $77 million to $60 million. Already in April, the revenue of the Republican candidate’s team ($40.1 million) came close to that of the president ($43.6 million). In June, the trend was confirmed. Romney raised $106 million — a donation record, and record amount raised in just one month by a conservative hopeful — and Obama only $71 million.
“This election will be a test of the model that got us here,” Obama reports. “We'll learn whether it's still true that a grassroots campaign can elect a president — whether ordinary Americans are in control of our democracy in the face of massive spending.”
Until last June, the maximum monthly amount obtained by an electoral campaign was reached by Obama himself in September of 2008 when he managed to raise $150 million, less than a month before the elections that put him in power.