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Harris’ presidential campaign said a majority $310 million was raised in the first week of her candidacy with two-thirds of the fundraising coming from first-time donors to the campaign read more
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Kamala Harris. Source: X/@KamalaHarris
With less than 100 days left for the 2024 US Presidential elections, all eyes are on every little political movement in the country. In the latest, Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign announced on Friday that it raised a whopping $310 million donation in July, more than double the $138.7 million raised by her Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump in the same month.
This indicates how the change to the top of the Democratic ticket to the Presidential poll has been among grassroots and supporters.
In a statement, Harris’ presidential campaign said a majority $310 million was raised in the first week of her candidacy with two-thirds of the fundraising coming from first-time donors to the campaign.
Two-thirds of the July donations came from first-time donors and 94 per cent of the donations were $200 or less, Hariss’ campaign said.
Her team further informed that it entered August with $377 million in cash on hand, which it described as the most for any presidential candidate at this point in the cycle. It was also well above the $327 million Trump’s team announced having to start the month.
Trump’s fundraising for July was, however, 24 per cent higher than the $111.8 million that the campaign said it raised in June.
Harris’ campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said that the strong support of the growing and motivated Harris coalition is ready to put in the work to secure a victory in the November 5 US election.
“The tremendous outpouring of support we’ve seen in just a short time makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work to defeat Trump this November,” Rodriguez said, adding: “Our money is going to the work that wins close elections.”
On July 21, President Joe Biden had announced that he would not seek reelection and endorsed Harris the same afternoon. She, in no time, gathered support among the party and had secured enough delegate endorsements to win the nomination the following night.
July was set to be a disappointing month for Democrats as big-dollar donors withheld money in an effort to force Biden out of the race, but Harris’s emergence as the party’s presidential candidate energised voters and donors.
Trump’s totals for July were augmented by an assassination attempt against the former president during a rally in Pennsylvania, which galvanised some of his fiercest supporters, and by his subsequent revealing of his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Harris’ team, meanwhile, is hoping for another jolt early next week, when she’s expected to announce her own running mate, and during the Democratic convention, which opens in Chicago on August 19.
With inputs from agencies
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