Ron Paul receives US$4 million in donations in 24 hours
{{date|November 6, 2007}}
[[Image:Ronpaul1.jpg|thumb|Ron Paul]]
In late October, supporters of [[United States]] [[w:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate-for-President [[Ron Paul]] set up a website soliciting a "money bomb" of campaign donations to coincide with November 5th, the anniversary of [[w:Guy Fawkes Day|Guy Fawkes Day]], at ThisNovember5th.com.

The fund-raising campaign fell short of its original goal of 100,000 donors each donating [[w:United States dollar|US$]]100 to generate $10 million for Paul's campaign.  However, the final amount raised by over 35,000 Ron Paul donors was over $4 million.  This is the largest fundraising day in primary history since John Kerry's 2004 acceptance of the Democratic nomination. It was originally reported that on June 30, 2007 [[Hillary Clinton]] raised $6.5 million. According to the Paul campaign, though Clinton reported all that money on June 30th, it was in fact raised over the course of a week, not in a single day.

Paul is running for the Republican nomination but self-identifies as a [[w:libertarian|libertarian]]. Although Paul has been successful online, in straw polls, in debate polls, in fundraising, and in turnouts at rallies, his national polling has remained in the single digits. 

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== Sources ==
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/candidates/Ron-Paul.html
|title=Ron Paul Polls
|author=
|pub=Ron Paul Polls
|date=November 6, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/11-6-2007-PressConferenceFlier.pdf
|title=November 5th, 2007  Fundraising Details
|author=
|pub=Ron Paul 2008
|date=November 6, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyQLduiFMFTNmeUdgpf5cMvLi6awD8SNSIJG0
|title=Paul Raises More Than $3.5 Million
|author=Jim Kuhnhenn
|pub=AP
|date=November 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/paul-supporters-raise-27-in-a-day/
|title=Guy Fawkes Day Helps Raise Millions for Paul
|author=David D. Kirkpatrick
|pub=New York Times
|date=November 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/05/448871.aspx
|title=Paul raises $2.4 million in one day
|author=Domenico Montanaro
|pub=MSNBC
|date=November 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://paulcash.slact.net/November-5th
|title=Paulcash - Nov 5th snapshot
|author=slact
|pub=independent website
|date=November 5, 2007}}

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Ron Paul
In late October, supporters of United States Republican candidate-for-President Ron Paul set up a website soliciting a "money bomb" of campaign donations to coincide with November 5th, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes Day, at ThisNovember5th.com.

The fund-raising campaign fell short of its original goal of 100,000 donors each donating US$100 to generate $10 million for Paul's campaign.  However, the final amount raised by over 35,000 Ron Paul donors was over $4 million.  This is the largest fundraising day in primary history since John Kerry's 2004 acceptance of the Democratic nomination. It was originally reported that on June 30, 2007 Hillary Clinton raised $6.5 million. According to the Paul campaign, though Clinton reported all that money on June 30th, it was in fact raised over the course of a week, not in a single day.

Paul is running for the Republican nomination but self-identifies as a libertarian. Although Paul has been successful online, in straw polls, in debate polls, in fundraising, and in turnouts at rallies, his national polling has remained in the single digits.
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