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Ron Paul, a libertarian running as a Republican presidential candidate, raised an astonishing -- and unprecedented -- $4.3 million in online fundraising in only 24 hours.
The fundraising drive was organized by an independent website. Ron Paul himself did not expect the outpouring of support, saying, "It is amazing, it's even surprising to me, but it's of course very pleasant to know that people are spontaneously coming to us because it was not organized by the campaign. I have not yet talked to or met the individual that organized this, but yesterday's day's fundraising was all done on the Internet and it was all done spontaneously, so something significant must be going on out there in the countryside."
The November 5 fundraising drive was tied to Guy Fawkes Day, a British holiday commemorating the failure of a plot against the government.
Paul's total sets the record for one-day online fundraising by any candidate, although others have exceeded the amount by more conventional means, such as phone banking.
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