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January 8, 2010:
CFI retrospective analysis of 2008 Presidential fundraising. Read more here >>

Releases and Analyses

DateTitle
1/8/2010ALL CFI FUNDING STATISTICS REVISED AND UPDATED FOR THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
4/22/2009SMALL DONORS, LARGE DONORS AND THE INTERNET:
12/10/2008Heavy Hitters ($250,000 to $3 Million Donors) Supplied 80% of Private Financing for 2008 Party Conventions, Recent Filings Show
11/24/2008REALITY CHECK: Obama Received About the Same Percentage from Small Donors in 2008 as Bush in 2004
10/24/2008McCain Outspent 2-1 by Obama in First Half of October, but Appears Financially Competitive in the Last 20 Days of the Election
10/21/2008Obama’s October Surprise: A 60-40 Democratic Financial Advantage?
9/25/2008AFTER HOLDING FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE IN PRIMARIES, OBAMA LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ONLY PARITY WITH MCCAIN IN GENERAL ELECTION
8/20/2008Party Conventions’ Financiers Have Spent Nearly $1.5 billion on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005
7/22/2008Obama’s Small Contributions Surged in June, but McCain's Party-Based Strategy Gave the GOP Side a Combined Cash Advantage on June 30
7/15/2008Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $1 Billion on Federal Lobbying Since 2005
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View Sources of Funds for the Presidential Candidates, 2007-2008
View Individual Donors to Presidential Candidates 2004
View Distribution of Presidential Joint Fundraising Dollars to Presidential Campaigns and National Party Committees in 2008
View Presidential Candidates’ Fundraising Activity, March 1 - 31, 2008 (Active Candidates).
View Presidential Candidates’ Fundraising Activity, Jan. 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008 (All Candidates).
View Presidential Candidates’ Primary Money Raised and Spent, Jan. 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008 (Active Candidates).
View Past Presidential Candidates’ Fundraising: January 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004 and January 1, 1999 - March 31, 2000 (All Candidates).
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity in February 2008
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity Jan. 1, 2007 - Feb. 29, 2008
View Presidential Candidates Primary Money Raised and Spent through February 29, 2008
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity in January 2008
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, 2008
View Presidential Candidates Primary Money Raised and Spent through January 31, 2008
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity in the 4th Quarter, 2007
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2007
View Historical Presidential Elections, Odd Years, 1995-2007
View Presidential Candidates Fundraising Activity through 3rd Quarter 2007
View Primary* Money Raised and Spent Through the 3rd Quarter Odd Years of Presidential Elections, 1995-2007