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Article: Candidates solicit donations on the Web
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- February 25, 2000
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Lisa Cassady
University Wire
02-25-2000
(Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Click on Arizona Sen. John McCain's Web site, and the main question is Visa, Mastercard or American Express. Pull up Texas Gov. George W. Bush's campaign site, and a window pops up asking for donations. The story is the same for Vice President Al Gore and former diplomat Alan Keyes.
It appears that Internet political fund raising is becoming more prominent as each day of the campaign progresses. As of Feb. 11, the surging McCain campaign had more than $4 million raked in from Web donations, according to CNN, and many of the other candidates are not far behind.
Iowa State University students and faculty said ...