Report: Obama raised $9M off same-sex marriage endorsement

Report: Obama raised $9M off same-sex marriage endorsement

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NPR crunches the numbers on President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage in May and finds that his reelection campaign raised almost $9M in the three days after his endorsement:

That statement by the president resulted in a dramatic fundraising spike for him. Over the 72 hours following the announcement, donations to his campaign committees nearly tripled. He took in nearly $9 million over three days, compared with $3.4 million in the three previous days, according to an NPR analysis of campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission. The numbers include contributions from people who gave at least $200.
"People who may have sat on the sidelines are now coming in in full force as a result of the president's and the administration's support for marriage equality," says gay philanthropist and Democratic political activist David Bohnett. "There's no question about that."

That figure doesn't include small donations of $200 or less — which may have spiked as well but are not required to be documented in FEC reports.