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Organizing for Action (OFA) was a nonprofit organization and community organizing project that advocated for the agenda of former U.S. President Barack Obama. [2] [3] The organization was officially non-partisan, [3] but its agenda and policies were strongly allied with the Democratic Party. [4]
In the 2008 United States presidential election, fundraising increased significantly compared to the levels achieved in previous presidential elections.. According to required campaign filings as reported by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), 148 candidates for all parties collectively raised $1,644,712,232 and spent $1,601,104,696 for the primary and general campaigns combined through ...
In October 2008, Ashley Todd, a volunteer for the U.S. presidential campaign of Republican John McCain, [1] falsely claimed to have been the victim of robbery and politically motivated physical assault by a supporter of McCain's Democratic opponent Barack Obama. [2]
Campaign finance expert Jan Baran, a member of the Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, wrote that "The history of campaign finance reform is the history of incumbent politicians seeking to muzzle speakers, any speakers, particularly those who might publicly criticize them and their legislation. It is a lot easier to legislate against ...
On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
This includes (1) a matching program for the first $250 of each individual contribution during the primary campaign and (2) funding the major party nominees' general election campaigns. [110] Through the 2012 campaign, public funding was also available to finance the major parties' national nominating conventions.
Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Turning Point PAC campaign rally at the Gas South Arena on October 23, 2024 in Duluth, Georgia.
After Obama's upset win in the Iowa caucuses, it appeared to many political observers that he would ride a wave of momentum through the New Hampshire primary and then go on to win the Democratic nomination. Eulogies were published on the Clinton campaign, [41] as Obama surged to a roughly 10-point lead in the New Hampshire polls. [42]