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The campaign announced today that more than 442,000 contributors across the country together contributed more than $40 million in March. Of those contributors, over 218,000 were donating to the campaign for the first time.
In a press release, campaign manager David Plouffe said:
Senator Obama has always said that this campaign would rise or fall on the willingness of the American people to become partners in an effort to change our politics and start a new chapter in our history. Today we're seeing the American people's extraordinary desire to change Washington, as tens of thousands of new contributors joined the more than a million Americans who have already taken ownership of this campaign for change. Many of our contributors are volunteering for the campaign, making our campaign the largest grassroots army in recent political history.
Once again, you've defied the expectations and the odds. You've shown that the strength, dedication and commitment of this movement has not slowed or wavered one bit. In unprecedented numbers, ordinary people are volunteering and donating to this campaign, taking true ownership in a way that has never happened before. Together, you have shown that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Yes we can.