Obama Fundraising Surges
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 22nd, 2008 4:41 am by HL
Obama Fundraising Surges
“After locking up his party’s presidential nomination, Barack Obama’s fundraising operation came roaring back to life in June, generating more than a million dollars on five days, including a whopping $25 million that came in on the last day of the month,” according to Politico.
“His one-day haul represents nearly half of his monthly total and more than Republican rival John McCain generated for the entire month. During the month, McCain did not have a single day in which he raised a million dollars.”
Virginia Demographic Shifts Favor Obama
The Virginian-Pilot pinpoints the reason many political analysts expect Virginia to be competitive in this year’s presidential election.
“The pool of 18- to 25-year-olds signing up to vote in this year’s presidential election is growing at twice the rate of all Virginia voters… Of those who registered to vote in Virginia during the first six months of 2008, nearly half were under the age of 25, and the majority of them were teens who had just reached voting age – 18-year-olds, along with 17-year-olds who will turn 18 before Election Day. The majority also were women.”
Though Virginia typically votes for Republicans in presidential election, nearly every poll shows that this demographic group overwhelmingly favors Sen. Barack Obama.
