Despite every effort to cut into the lead of Barrack Obama, John McCain still trails his principal opponent in the polls and money race. And there is no indication that will change between now and election day in November.
Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid added more than 65,000 donors and raised more than $51 million in the month of July, the Obama campaign said in a statement released Saturday.
The Obama campaign recently announced that it has surpassed the 2 million-donor mark and said Saturday that it now has $65.8 million cash on hand.
For June, the Illinois senator's campaign reported raising $52 million, with more than $72 million cash on hand.
[...] Earlier Friday, the McCain campaign announced that it had raised $27 million in July, the presumptive Republican nominee's largest one-month fundraising total to date.
The campaign also said it had $21 million cash on hand, all of which must be spent before the party's convention in early September because of McCain's choice to accept federal campaign dollars.
Although Obama's poll numbers have dipped recently (according to Realclearpolitics.com), the bad news for McCain is that his numbers have also dropped - by even more. This despite the Democratic nominee being on vacation. Obama has dropped approximately 3 points since early July when he peaked at nearly 49%. McCain is now at the lowest point since the middle of July. He is also now lower than he was at the beginning of the year. Obama, on the other hand, is 2 points higher than he was at his lowest point, at start of the year. The trend is clear. McCain is not making up any ground. Only 1 poll has had McCain ahead during the last 3 months.
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