Money Matter$

News and other media outlets love to concentrate their stories on the flashy topics, like Donald Trump endorsing Mitt Romney or Romney's average donor amounts of $900-$1000. When someone writes a big check every so often to support a political candidate, the cameras and reporters are always there. When are the cameras not there? It's when tens of thousands of people log on to the internet to make $100-$200 donations, considered by the FEC to be "small donations" by "small donors."

Interestingly enough, in 2008, BO deepened the pockets of his political campaign through these small donations. Aside from the intangible warm and toasty feelings that voters on either side of the aisle felt as he delivered his speeches and became more commercial, the donations that he collected from small contributions definitely helped to seal the deal with his victory. Campaign reports from BO and Romney, show that:

"Obama's campaign in 2011 raised 60 percent of funds, or $58.5 million, from donors who gave less than $200. Mitt Romney in 2011 raised only 9 percent of its total funds, or $5.2 million, from donors who gave less than $200."


Evidence shows that when it comes to political campaigns, money talks. The amount of monetary support that the Republican candidate is able to muster will be the factor that controls how close this race will be... and not just by a handful of elites throwing around big checks. Let's hope our friends on the right figure this one out before they're staring down another defeat.

One blogger said it before I could:

"It's a matter of simple math. If two people have the same amound of money, but one has large bills ant the other has small bills, there are more small bills than large bills.

100% of the contributo­rs will not vote. But if the majority of them do it will be very difficult for the republican nominee to match Obama's numbers. The right can hype up their donations and dial up their propaganda­, but the numbers will tell the story. In fact, althugh it is unlikely to be less, it is entirely possible for Obama to win the election with LESS money simply because his money represents actual voters.

The republican­s have a problem."
-l78lancer


Hypothetically speaking, if Trump sponsored Romney's entire campaign, at the end day, he can only cast one ballot. His billions are only worth one vote. If Obama was sponsored by the four broke bums in the alleyway, he may not have as much money, but that a handful more votes. 


Maybe the cameras and the reporters aren't paying attention to what's important this election season. It's not the Trumps or the rich, close friends lining the candidates' pockets. Those only constitute a few votes. Where the cameras aren't pointed, the "small people" with the "small donations" are constituting for HUGE VOTES. Now that's my kind of math.


Everyone loves the good ole underdog stories, right?




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/obama-2012-campaign-romney-fundraising_n_1255618.html?ref=politics