Obama’s record-shattering performance as a fundraiser

Barack Obama raised almost $750-million for his primary and general election campaigns. This was over seven time the amount all parties and candidates spent on the October 2008 Canadian federal election.

The purpose of this piece is to try to summarize, briefly, the extraordinary fundraising efforts of Barrack Obama's campaign for the Democratic nomination (defeating Hillary Clinton), and then in the general election (defeating John McCain) in November 2008. Warning: the size of the numbers will ...

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