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Original snarky post:
This morning, the Obama campaign tweeted some contribution figures for April. The screen shot below is from the @BarackObama Twitter feed in the order they were sent, so from all appearances, they are meant to be taken as a package:
One of the main talking points of the Obama campaign is that they are the campaign of the little guy, so they often make a big deal of size of the the average contribution. Indeed above, they tout the average as $50. However, let's do the math:
Yes, that's right. They have understated the average contribution by 50%. The average is actually double what the Obama campaign has claimed. However, if you have ever perused a budget proposal submitted by the Obama administration, you already know math is not their strong suit.
Update: So far (as of 9:46 AM,) media outlets I have checked are just repeating the campaign's figures.
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