Here is the timeline for the $1,000,000 Target

[Perry]

Here is the approximate number/timeline we need to be at to make $1,000,000.00 by the deadline.
You can check here to see if we are on target.
All times are EST

8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00


This comes out to approximately $4423 per hour from here on out.
Numbers are +/- a few digits.

[dt_]

The numbers are a bit lower than this right now :/ I don't think the campaign will reach the goal to be honest, but rather quite close.

[fez2008]

1mil can be exceeded easily... please see my signature.. participate in the myspace project.. we need more volunteers

[ctb619]

the donation tempo has not been consistent at all over he past few days....we've seen lots of ups and downs....just because we aren't "on pace" at any given time doesn't mean we can't reach the goal

[ronpaulitician]

I have a feeling the pace will pick up as we get closer to the $1 million mark, though I, too, question if we will make it.

[awigo50]

I think we'll make it. I think too many of us have gotten into this only to let him reach 990,000. We've raised 768,000 in 5 days. At this rate we'll hit 1,000,000. I know that if on sunday evening he's not there I'll dig a little deeper in my pocket.

[ctb619]

I think a lot of people are holding out to help push him over the top as we get close to the $1,000,000 mark.

[zebov]

I think a lot of people are holding out to help push him over the top as we get close to the $1,000,000 mark.

I know I am.

[dsentell]

The numbers are a bit lower than this right now :/ I don't think the campaign will reach the goal to be honest, but rather quite close.

Oh come one. We will reach it easily!

My latest prediction is a little over 1.1 mill .............

[mport1]

Just donated another $100.

[RP4ME]

I know I am.

there is no way we wont win it - its addictive to watch tah tging go up and our big money folks will hook us up !!!! C'mon Big Money!!!!

[TheIndependent]

If people are holding off donations, it's going to hit hard when either of two things happen:

* the total hits $900k, or
* within the last two hours of Q3

It'll be "off to the races" either way it happens. No bones about it, we will make it, if even by a hair.

[Zydeco]

The numbers are a bit lower than this right now :/ I don't think the campaign will reach the goal to be honest, but rather quite close.

We will reach $1 million easily. The numbers look low because the first number (770K was mistakenly given for 8pm instead of 9pm.

We have taken in 155K today with 3 hours to go, which means we'll wind up at about 175 K today or 790 K total. That will leave us with two full days to make 210 K, not difficult considering we made 175 K today.

prepare for a second victory! :cool:

[Avalon]

Ron Paul is now asking us to shoot for 1.5 million. I know I would very much enjoy a third victory.

[ItsTime]

When Paul started his run do you think he ever DREAMED of getting 1million$$ in a week ONLINE? Good job everyone!

[tiznow]

last day of the quarter usually the best day of fundraising for almost every campaign...but maybe people tapped out too early....we shall see....think we'll make it just fine...gonna be around 790 or more at midnight eastern probably....our lowest day total all week was 125k....and to get to million only have to average 105k the last two days

[Perry]

I'm a little nervous but we have 48 hours to raise $200,000.
$100,000 a day is still very doable. We are very very close to being on target. I think this will be somewhat nerve-racking.

8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

[anewvoice]

Definitely doable, but lets make it easy.

Help out by sending myspace messages to Ron Pauls friends!!

http://ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=19351

[libertarian4321]

I can't stop watching that stupid thermometer. I have to get up early tomorrow to help the local meetup "Paint the Town Ron", but I sit here drinking cheap beer and staring at that thermometer, and making piddly donations...

Note to self: Get a life...

[Perry]

I can't stop watching that stupid thermometer. I have to get up early tomorrow to help the local meetup "Paint the Town Ron", but I sit here drinking cheap beer and staring at that thermometer, and making piddly donations...

Note to self: Get a life...

I here ya brother. I'm just glad they changed the graphic today. It was giving me a headache watching the 500,000 thing...then the XXX over the 500,000 then starting over and going to the current price. I think the flash designers are sitting around getting drunk right now and letting themselves become hypnotized by the graphic as well.:D

[cujothekitten]

I think we should really push for donations tomorrow. Better safe than sorry.

[itsnobody]

We're way ahead of schedule as of 12AM....surpassing the schedule by $7,000

[Perry]

We're way ahead of schedule as of 12AM....surpassing the schedule by $7,000

True but we are heading into the wee hours of the night and everyone is spending their money on beer. There is room for concern.:eek:

[itsnobody]

True but we are heading into the wee hours of the night and everyone is spending their money on beer. There is room for concern.:eek:

Nah I wouldn't worry about it...the morning will catch us up again...

$787k was the schedule for 12AM and we had $794k...

I'm 100% certain that we'll reach $1 million with no problems at all

[ClockwiseSpark]

I have a feeling the pace will pick up as we get closer to the $1 million mark, though I, too, question if we will make it.

Whoa, calm down Captain Kirk ;)

[Slugg]

Whoa, calm down Captain Kirk ;)

LOL!!!! I had to stop and think for a sec......but it worked! Funny! :D

[CJP]

I've been recording the totals continuously since noon Wednesday (when we were at 340k). It's now 12:45am est; we're at 797k for the drive and just passed 9000 donations. $88.45 is currently the average per donation.

I've made a graph and added an "imaginary" line that goes from $0 at 2pm Mon (when we started) to $1.2M Sunday midnite.

We've been tracking just below it for most of the past two days, so this is a tough but achieveable goal.

So let's break above this line and go for $1.2M !


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[Perry]

I've been recording the totals continuously since noon Wednesday (when we were at 340k). It's now 12:45am est; we're at 797k for the drive and just passed 9000 donations. $88.45 is currently the average per donation.

I've made a graph and added an "imaginary" line that goes from $0 at 2pm Mon (when we started) to $1.2M Sunday midnite.

We've been tracking just below it for most of the past two days, so this is a tough but achieveable goal.

So let's break above this line and go for $1.2M !


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Thanks for that CJP. Someone recently mentioned that historically on weekends donation traffic actually slows down. I haven't seen the data but if this is so we are going to need to pull out all the stops to cross that line.

[CJP]

Thanks for that CJP. Someone recently mentioned that historically on weekends donation traffic actually slows down. I haven't seen the data but if this is so we are going to need to pull out all the stops to cross that line.

That may be, but this is a true grassroots phenomenon. So maybe the everyday folks out there will have more time to donate on the weekend. Also, a lot of people just got paid and their money will be available starting Saturday. It will be interesting to see.

Btw, I'm putting updates to the graph in a new thread:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=20890

[Perry]

$807,000.00 at 3:30am Saturday and we are still ahead of schedule.


8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

[cac1963]

$807,000.00 at 3:30am Saturday and we are still ahead of schedule.


8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

Exact amount= $807,611.76 @ 4:00am ET Saturday

[itsnobody]

No...we're behind now

Schedule: 8:00am sat $823,076
Reality: 8:01am sat $812,815

Oh well I'm sure we'll catch up soon and surpass the schedule again

[JosephTheLibertarian]

it gets heated up at like 10-12..then it goes up every minute

[FunkBuddha]

Time to go prime the myspace pump again!

[BuckeyeDad]

Just passed the 8am mark at 10:35.

We have some ground to make up.

[shrugged0106]

I really hope that if we somehow miss the $1M goal that most arent bummed out or soured. I also could see how the typical naysayers would spin it into a failure (in their twisted, idiotic minds)

It's important to recall that the original goal has been literally blown away at this point.

[CJP]

Just passed the 8am mark at 10:35.
We have some ground to make up.

Don't worry (yet). The donation rate is not even, so we're going to be behind in the morning. See the graph at:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=20890

The key will be how donations go on a weekend. Less because people are out and aren't at their computer? Or more because many just had a payday and because many others are waiting until the last couple of days anyway?

We will soon see...

[BuckeyeDad]

Don't worry (yet). The donation rate is not even, so we're going to be behind in the morning. See the graph at:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=20890

The key will be how donations go on a weekend. Less because people are out and aren't at their computer? Or more because many just had a payday and because many others are waiting until the last couple of days anyway?

We will soon see...

I agree. I think the 8pm mark tonight will be telling.

But I also believe that the final block between 8-12 tomorrow will see an explosion that hopefully will make up any difference we may fall behind today.

[Original_Intent]

I expected us to be behind the trend line at this point. However, if we are not back on track by 4.pm Eastern then I will start to be concerned. We need $32,000+ in the next five hours. And a lot more would be better. we really need to crack $900K today. And if we are going to spank Edwards we need $950K today.

[itsnobody]

We have to reach $840k in an hour...we need $14k in an hour to catch up to schedule

[trispear]

No worries. I said on Friday we should be at 760K to be on track. We supassed that easily. If we have 890 by midnight tonight, we'll get there no problems.

[Original_Intent]

Here are some encouraging statistics.

Up to now they have raised an average 6916 per hour. In order to meet the 1 million goal they only need to average 3611 per hour for the remaining time as of noon Eastern.

If we continue at 6916 per hour,we should hit the 1 mill mark sometime tomorrow morning or noon tomorrow at the latest. If we continue on the trend until midnite tomorrow, the final total will be 1,078,896.

[Cowlesy]

Just on a fun FYI note, as of 11:48AM EST, Ron has closed in on Richardson's campaign, the gap now being $19,486. At a few points I remember it being $100,000+.

I actually think it is even more meaningful, because if you look at Richardson and Edwards' $-monitors, they aren't realtime to the second like Ron's. Those guys could pad their numbers with paper checks, or a fundraising event. You know Ron's numbers are pure online donations as we've all seen our names tick through the website and watch the $$$'s increase. You have zero proof it's pure online donations for Richardson or Edwards.

People around the country are doing a hell of a job at reaching deep. I really think we're going to hit the $1.0 million mark tomorrow!

[Cliff]

Just gave 2300

[BuckeyeDad]

Nice job Cliff.

We're only 4k off the pace now. We should be caught up by the next interval.

[Cowlesy]

Just gave 2300

CLIFF! WAY TO GO! I saw your name on the www.ronpaul2008.com

God Bless Texas!!!

[SouthernGuy15]

That is awesome Cliff! Thank you for supporting Ron Paul!

Is there anyone else here that will match Cliff's donation?

[BuckeyeDad]

Just on a fun FYI note, as of 11:48AM EST, Ron has closed in on Richardson's campaign, the gap now being $19,486. At a few points I remember it being $100,000+.

I am seeing Bill's as 901k (maybe they just updated it), which puts us about 64k off

[Cowlesy]

I wonder why Huckabee, Hunter, Tancredo, Brownback or Mccain aren't doing similar tickers on their website. Seems like an easy and effective way to motivate donors.

[Perry]

We are only a few thousand below the line at 12:00pm and this is the time of day where things begin to pick up. $837,000

8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

[itsnobody]

$19k by 4PM? I think we'll pull this off easily

[csen]

Today is definitely going to be the slowest day of the week -- it's Saturday and people are out. My guess is people will log on tomorrow night to see where we are, and if we're above say $925k by then we'll see the ramp up to hit $1mln. Don't worry too much about where we are at the end of today.

[AgentPaul001]

Last quarter, fundraising shot up enormously on the final day. If someone has the numbers, I recall it being basically the best day overall and about 2x as good as the days preceeding it that week (which were already pretty high).

[Hope]

We're on target so far! :D

[PaulineDisciple]

I think a lot of people are holding out to help push him over the top as we get close to the $1,000,000 mark.

I was going to hold off giving again until the last minute, eventhough I can't afford it.

My wife stays at home to homeschool our 3 children, and I don't make much money anyway. But my rational is this, if you think about it, we really don't own anything anyway (just try not to pay your rent, ie. property taxes), not even our own money, it's the FED's money, they can print more, so what the heck just go deeper into debt to get Ron Paul elected and then we have a chance, or give sparingly and let the establishment ruin the whole country. The choice seems pretty clear to me.

I think that it would be cool if people maxed out their credit limit to give to the Ron Paul campaign, and filed for bankruptcy, and when asked why they did such a thing, respond that the government does the same thing and they don't seem to worry about it, so why should we. You could also say that you were investing your money to help the economy.

[Arkris]

I was going to hold off giving again until the last minute, eventhough I can't afford it.

My wife stays at home to homeschool our 3 children, and I don't make much money anyway. But my rational is this, if you think about it, we really don't own anything anyway (just try not to pay your rent, ie. property taxes), not even our own money, it's the FED's money, they can print more, so what the heck just go deeper into debt to get Ron Paul elected and then we have a chance, or give sparingly and let the establishment ruin the whole country. The choice seems pretty clear to me.

I think that it would be cool if people maxed out their credit limit to give to the Ron Paul campaign, and filed for bankruptcy, and when asked why they did such a thing, respond that the government does the same thing and they don't seem to worry about it, so why should we. You could also say that you were investing your money to help the economy.

I was completely thinking the same thing! When I was wondering how much I should donate to the campaign back in the second quarter, I realized that out of all the investments I could possibly make, this one is by far the best I've ever come across. I donated the max $2,300.

If he wins the election, then I'll easily make back much of the money when the value of my existing dollars increases. Not to mention the money I'll save if the income tax is repealed.

If he loses the election, then the money I currently have in teh bank will probably continue to drop in value. If I hadn't donated any money to the election then I'd have more money in the bank, but in enough time it wouldn't be worth as much.

[Original_Intent]

We're on target so far! :D

Yep we are back on track, we need to get ahead of the curve for the slow hours tonight!

I say we break 900K in the next 6 hours! I am even going to try to talk my wife into one more small donation :D Very tough since we got an unexpected large expense (replace roofing :( ) this week.

[itsnobody]

Surpassing the schedule already by $10k+...this is what's it's supposed to be like

[Perry]

Looks like we are about 4 hours ahead of schedule at $372,000.00. Funds are rolling in at a much higher rate now. I think we've got it made. Next few hours should continue to roll well and we'll get one more last boost tomorrow.

8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

[Perry]

Oh my gosh that sucker is rolling! We are at $880,000 now. 8+ hours ahead of schedule!!

[itsnobody]

Wow wow wow $29,000+ ahead of schedule? This is insane...

A few hours ago we were more than $10k behind schedule...

[SouthernGuy15]

Thanks mport1 for supporting Ron Paul!

You are a true patriot!

Will anyone else match mport1's donation?

[xcalybur]

As of 4:30 PM EST, we are about 7.5 hours ahead of schedule. Keep it up, we are doing great.

[xcalybur]

As of 5:42 PM EST, we are a little over 10 hours ahead of schedule. I think we are making a run for 1 Mil by midnight Saturday. Sheesh.

Great job.

[Perry]

$969,000.00!!!!!

8:00pm Friday $770,000
12:00am Sat $787,692
4:00am sat $805,384
8:00am sat $823,076
12:00pm sat $840768
4:00pm sat $858460
8:00pm sat $876152
12:00am sun $893844
4:00am sun $911536
8:00am sun $929228
12:00pm sun $946920
4:00pm sun $964612
8:00pm sun $982304
11:59pm sun $1,000,000.00

[EvilEngineer]

We are about a day ahead of schedule. We should break $1 mil possibly a day early, which would be awesome. We've past the last updated amount posted for John Edwards. Woot... Full steam ahead on the freedom train.

[cjhowe]

9:00pm Et - 974,559.76

[dsentell]

We are going to be celebrating BEFORE midnight ..........

[Original_Intent]

Very likely gonna happen this hour at the pace we have been going for the last several hours.

We have raised $120,000 since they sent out the "Almost there!" email!!!!!

[Perry]

We are about to break a Million dollars IN 5 1/2 DAYS TIME!!!

[Perry]

Bill Richardson is at $970,000.00 and John Edwards hasn't updated since yesterday morning which means his campaign is purposely holding off the update until they can claim a million. Looks like we had an easier go of it than they did.:D