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Historical Low-Dollar Support

By Tobin Van Ostern - Jul 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pm EDT

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Tags: barack obama, fundraising, Illinois, Students

Our latest fundraising numbers have astounded people all across America. The $58 million raised is unprecedented for a Democrat at this point in the cycle. However, equally impressive to the total amount raised is how we got to that number -through 258,000 different donors. These donors come from every walk of life in America. From the maximum $2,300 donations to people giving $5 or $10, it has all added up in a tremendous show of support.

Students everywhere are doing their part of the low-dollar grassroots fundraising. As Famid Sinha put it, "Senator Obama is unabashedly refusing donations from PACs and lobbyists, yet another reflection of his desire to empower average Americans. This has inspired scores of students to take the largely unprecedented action of donating their money to a political campaign."

Our University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chapter is certainly doing their part by raising $1,300 from 45 students (an average donation of about $30) already. These numbers add up in a big way though. We threw a campaign rally with a special student discount rate in Boston a few months ago with thousands of attendees and those small donations added up in a big way to $100,000 from students alone.

Though in college and high school, students are donating what they can to Senator Obama. This is not merely a donation to the campaign; it is an investment in our future. From education to health care, the issues students everywhere recognize that their donation to Senator Obama will provide a reward many times over under an Obama Presidency.

Check out the UIUC Chapter on My.BarackObama.com (http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/UIUCStudentsforObama) and Facebook (http://uillinois.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2322714176)

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