This just in from the Campaign Finance Institute: the presidential candidates in 2007 raised more than double ($552 million) what they raised four years ago in 2003 ($273 million).

The Democrats raised $292 million for the primaries, and the Republicans raised $260 million.

According to CFI, small contributions (under $200) increased by four percentage points, from 22% of all individual contributions in 2003 to 26% in 2007. Here’s the breakdown of small donors by candidate:

• Ron Paul raised 61% of his individual contributions from small donors.
• Fred Thompson raised 43% of his individual contributions from small donors.   
• John Edwards raised 36% of his individual contributions from small donors.
• Barack Obama raised 32% of his individual contributions from small donors.
• Mike Huckabee raised 35% of his individual contributions from small donors.  
• John McCain raised 25% of his individual contributions from small donors.  
• Hillary Clinton raised 14% of her individual contributions from small donors.
• Mitt Romney raised 12% of his individual contributions from small donors.
• Rudy Giuliani 8% of his individual contributions from small donors.

More information is available at http://www.cfinst.org/pr/prRelease.aspx?ReleaseID=179.

Speaking of fundraising, be sure to check out the panel on Techno-Powered Fundraising that Patrick Ruffini is chairing at the 2008 Politics Online Conference. Not yet registered? You can sign up at  https://www.online-donation.com/ipdi-polc/.

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