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Friday, January 9, 2009
The Score: Obama's inauguration, by the numbers
Posted by Brian Ries on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:22 PM
It's only eleven days away. Have you donated to the official inauguration committee? Or booked your tickets?
- click to enlargeObama transition team budget: $12 million
- Obama's inauguration committee budget: $50 million
- Funds raised by committee as of Jan. 8: $27 million
- Maximum contribution allowed by Obama's inauguration team: $50,000
- Maximum contribution allowed by Bush's inauguration team: $250,000
- Maximum allowed for contribution "bundlers": $300,000
- Average contribution: $70
- Amount of donations allowed by Obama from corporations, unions, PACs, and lobbyists: $0
- Number of donors in Obama's campaign database: 4 million
- Cost of Bush's 2005 inauguration for Washington, D.C city government: $17 million
- Number of attendees: 300,000
- Number of attendees estimated for Obama's inauguration: 1.5 million
- Number of official inaugural balls: 10
- Price of two tickets for reserved seating at inaugural parade on Tampa Craigslist, section Yellow-A: $800
- Original price of the 5,000 inaugural parade tickets sold: $25
Sources: npr.org, dcexaminer.com, craigslist.org, boston.com
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