Democrats have raised 222 million dollars for election campaign in the U.S.

The campaign for the re-election of the President of United States, Barack Obama, and the Democratic National Committee raised 68 million dollars between last October and December, rises to 222 million the collection with a view to the polls in November, reported today organizations.

Although the collection of contributions in the fourth quarter of 2011 exceeded the goal of US $ 60 million announced by the organizers, it fell short of cornered in the three months $ 70.1 million earlier.

Contributions between October and December were distributed in $ 42 million to the re-election campaign of Obama and 24 million dollars for the Committee national of the party democratic.

Jim Messina, the director of the campaign for presidential re-election, said in a message to supporters that the figures of the three final months of 2011 are "very good", but warned that "victory will be escape hands" u000aIf donors do not donate more.

"There are many of our supporters who think 'our money is not needed' or do not have to contribute now", he added Messina.

"They are wrong, we have to organize the campaign now, not in six months", continued. "And the only way this works is that each take charge of a portion of the campaign".

Anyway, he emphasized Messina, the fortress of the Obama campaign is "on the foundations": about 1.3 million donor sent money and they 583.000 made contributions in the quarter past.

More than 98% of taxpayers donated $ 250 or less, and average donation is $ 55, which reflects the broad base of financial support from the campaign of Obama.

The Democratic campaign expected to collect between 700 million and 800 million dollars prior to the election of November.

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