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PDFFrom Opensecrets.org:
President Barack Obama has raised more money for his re-election bid from small-dollar donors than Republican Mitt Romney has collected from all his contributors, according to a new Center for Responsive Politics analysis.
Obama brought in approximately $58.5 million last year from individuals who donated $200 or less, successfully rallying a massive base of online donors through frequent email pitches and solicitations to purchase merchandise that ranges from t-shirts to coffee mugs bearing Obama’s birth certificate to the “Fired Up, Ready to Grill” apron.
Overall, since he launched his re-election campaign in April, Obama has raised about $125 million. Thus, about 47 percent of his total receipts — nearly $1 out of every $2 raised — has come from a donor of $200 or less, the threshold for itemized reporting with the Federal Election Commission.
Meanwhile, Romney, who has raised about $56.5 million for his presidential campaign, saw only about 9 percent of that — or $5.2 million — coming from small-dollar donors, according to the Center’s research.
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