Brandon Means, president of the Penn State College Republicans, said his organization has not yet begun its involvement in campaigning.

However, he said they plan on doing a lot of voter registration drives and working with the local party in any way, whether it be by knocking on doors, having phone banks or sending letters.

Stewart said Obama is getting a lot of "grassroots support" and that is why he is receiving so many small contributions.

The 2008 race for the White House is set to break existing financial records nationwide, but Pennsylvania has not been a significant contributor to these lofty numbers, according to an analysis of the FEC data by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The most recent data is as of April 16, which is when the last reports were being handed in, said Pamela Corn, administrative assistant for the Center for Responsive Politics.

According to the data, Hillary Clinton (D-NY) reined in the most money in the first three months of campaign fundraising, not only in Pennsylvania, but also nationwide.

Her collection of $455,126 from Pennsylvania is a mere contribution to her nationwide total of $36,054,568, according to the data.

Not only are financial numbers low throughout the state, but there have not been an overwhelming number of organizations formulated at this point in the campaign.

"They have been fundraising in NYC, Hollywood, Los Angeles and Florida," said Eliot Schmidt, spokesman for the Penn State College Democrats.

According to the data, Obama came in a close second behind Clinton both in Pennsylvania and across the country in terms of fundraising totals.

Only a few candidates have come to Pennsylvania so far, including Clinton and Obama, said Abe Amoros, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

"It has been fairly quiet," but there is a committee that is being assembled in Pittsburgh and a lunch meeting for those who might want to support and do fundraising for Obama, said State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), chairman of the Allegheny County Delegation.

Frankel did acknowledge that in November, Pennsylvania will be a "battleground state" in the election.

The campaigns will "pick up over the next several months" and next year, it will be a wide-open race, Amoros said.

"Pennsylvania always gets a tremendous amount of attention," he added.

The Centre County Republican Committee could not be reached for comment.