OK, math geniuses, please explain the math behind this (from the Obama campaign):
Thousands of people stepped up much sooner than expected and hit this historic mark. We blew past 250,000 donors and now have one final goal to reach: 350,000 donations from as many people as possible.We're less than 10,000 donations away, and your donation will count towards the goal. Please make a donation during these critical final 48 hours:
To review: they've got 250,000 donations (or is it donors, I'm not sure about that either); they want 350,000 donors/donations; that leaves...10,000 100,000 10,000 a large small indeterminate number of donors/donations to go. Got that?
[UPDATE by Rob: It's 250,000+ unique donors who have given close to 350,000 donations (i.e., some donors gave more than once). Barack's campaign website makes this more clear.]
The part that doesn't make much sense is what you point out about the difference between donations and donors.
Donations rec'd > 250,000
New goal = 350,000
Donations needed < (10,000)
Donations needed = new goal - donations rec'd
Donations rec'd > 340,000
340,000 > 250,000, so that checks out.
Of course I don't know if the numbers are actually true, but as far as challenging your donors go, it's all good. Set a really high goal and then show your donors that it's achievable with their support.
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