The vice president’s candidacy received $189 million in donations in August, four times more than Donald Trump’s Republican candidacy.
The presidential campaign of Kamala Harris raised $189 million in August in donations, four times more than Donald Trump’s Republican candidacy in the same month. The Democratic candidate not only received more money but also spent more – but he enters the final stretch with “deeper pockets” to finance the campaign.
The data was published by the Federal Electoral Commission this Saturday and refers to the first full month in which Kamala Harris was the protagonist of the Democratic candidacyJoe Biden did not drop out of the race until July 21, which in itself will help justify why Kamala Harris had to ramp up fundraising to essentially launch a new candidacy.
According to figures cited by CNBC, Harris received $189 million, compared to $44 million for the Republican campaign. There is no data for September yet, but it was reported that following the recent debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic candidate received another $47 million in donations.
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This difference between Kamala Harris and Trump, who in August was already “cruising” in his Republican candidacy, is not only due to the money raised but also to the money invested. According to the same data, Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic convention spent 258 million in August, while Trump and the Republican Party convention spent 121 million.
However, the data shows that Kamala Harris is entering the final stretch with “deeper pockets” to finance the initiatives she will undertake in the final weeks of a campaign that could be decisive in choosing the next president of the United States. At the end of August, Harris had $404 million to spend, while Trump did not reach $300 million (295 million, according to the data).
Source: Observadora
