Ron Paul receives US$4 million in donations in 24 hours

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

In late October, supporters of United States Republican candidate-for-President Ron Paul set up a website soliciting a "money bomb" of campaign donations to coincide with November 5th, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes Day, at ThisNovember5th.com.

The fund-raising campaign fell short of its original goal of 100,000 donors each donating US$100 to generate $10 million for Paul's campaign. However, the final amount raised by over 35,000 Ron Paul donors was over $4 million. This is the largest fundraising day in primary history since John Kerry's 2004 acceptance of the Democratic nomination. It was originally reported that on June 30, 2007 Hillary Clinton raised $6.5 million. According to the Paul campaign, though Clinton reported all that money on June 30th, it was in fact raised over the course of a week, not in a single day.

Paul is running for the Republican nomination but self-identifies as a libertarian. Although Paul has been successful online, in straw polls, in debate polls, in fundraising, and in turnouts at rallies, his national polling has remained in the single digits.

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Sources

Press Release: Ron Paul Polls — Ron Paul Polls, November 6, 2007
Press Release: November 5th, 2007 Fundraising Details — Ron Paul 2008, November 6, 2007
Jim Kuhnhenn. Paul Raises More Than $3.5 Million — AP, November 5, 2007
David D. Kirkpatrick. Guy Fawkes Day Helps Raise Millions for Paul — New York Times, November 5, 2007
Domenico Montanaro. Paul raises $2.4 million in one day — MSNBC, November 5, 2007
slact. Paulcash - Nov 5th snapshot — independent website, November 5, 2007

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