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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Did you know these Presidential campaign facts?

 Did you know these Campaign facts for 2008 Presidental Race?
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Did you know that for the first time ever in U.S. history, the candidates for president have raised more than $1 billion campaign dollars?

 

webassets/obamaclinton404682263c.jpgDid you know that Obama raised $10 million dollars to pay down Hillary Clintons Clinton's campaign debt?

Did you know that Barack Obama's campaign spent nearly $3 million on online advertising related purchases between January and April?

Did you know that the biggest recipient of the Democratic Presidential online ad dollars was Google?

Did you know that Obama mastered new technology, turning the Internet into an incredible political networking tool and attracting record numbers of donors giving less than $200?

Did you know as much as $3 billion could be spent by political campaigns leading up to the November election?

Did you know that Sen. Barack Obama has  raised $7.8 million for his campaign in one day?

Did you know that the candidates have traveled more miles, employed more workers and advertised more than ever in this presidential campaign?

Did you know that Obama has raised $641 million dollars and had over3.2 million donors?

Did you know that neither Obama nor McCain participated in public financing during the primaries?

Did you know because Obama abandoned the public financing system, and because he did has rewritten the rules for financing campaigns?

Obama outspent Republican nominee John McCain in all of the most competitive states, save for Iowa and Minnesota, where he has a comfortable lead in recent polls.

Did you know that Obama has used his financial edge to turn once-reliable GOP states into hard-fought battlegrounds?  In that same week, according to an independent study, Obama outspent McCain by more than 8 to 1 in North Carolina and 3 to 1 in Indiana. Did you know that no Democrat has won either state in more than three decades?

Did you know that Obama was the first candidate to forgo public funding since the federal system was adopted in 1976 after the Watergate scandal? McCain accepted $84.1 million from Washington, and that is all he can spend. Sen. McCain is making very tough decisions where to spend his money."

Did you know that Obama had more than $77 million in the bank on Aug. 31, 2008?

 

Did you know that Obama is on pace to raise at least $100 million more by Election Day. That would mean a cash advantage over McCain of better than 2 to 1.

Did you know that Obama half-hour prime-time broadcast on CBS and NBC on Oct. 29 was the first time in years that a presidential candidate has made such a substantial investment in national TV?

 

Did you know that Ross Perot, a billionaire who bankrolled much of his own campaign, drew an audience of 26 million to his 1992 simulcast on ABC and CBS?

 

Did you know that Senator Barack Obama’s infomercial drew 33.5 million U.S. viewers Wednesday night, according to Nielsen?

 

Did you know that 2008 boosted Obama into the position of the most successful presidential fundraiser ever?webassets/36380533.jpg

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