Kerry Funds Signal Hope For Party

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Kerry Funds Signal Hope For Party
Donations Set Record, But GOP Is Still Ahead

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43283-2004Apr1.html?nav=rss_politics

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) will announce today that his presidential campaign has raised more than $43 million in the first three months of this year, smashing Democratic Party records and signaling a party-wide fundraising resurgence for Democrats, according to top party officials.

Kerry, recovering from shoulder surgery in Boston, will report that he followed a trail blazed by former rival Howard Dean to net better than $26 million from the Internet alone, which is emerging as the Democrats' most powerful fundraising mechanism for the presidential election.

It appears Kerry is not draining money from fellow Democrats, as some party officials feared: The Democratic National Committee broke its previous record by raising $27 million, while the House and Senate campaign committees, which both topped $11 million, also set all-time highs last quarter. The figures, which were provided by top party officials, will be released today. Several Democrats credited anti-Bush energy, rather than excitement about Kerry, for the turnaround.

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1. I wonder what the average donation is

I didn't catch it in the article. The smaller the better--means support from more individuals. I think once you "invest" in a candidate, you're pretty likely to actually vote for him.