Kamala Harris’ campaign claims to have raised $540 million in donations in one month

The team of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced on Sunday, August 25, that it had raised more than half a billion dollars in donations since the start of her campaign in late July, when the American vice president replaced Joe Biden. The total now stands at $540 million (€481 million).

“Just before Vice President Harris’ speech on Thursday evening [lors de la convention du Parti démocrate où Kamala Harris a été investie]we have officially passed the $500 million mark,” said Jen O’Malley Dillon, his campaign manager, in a memo released to the press. She claims that it is a “record for any campaign in history”without specifying on which period it bases its comparison. “Immediately after his speech, we had our best hour of fundraising ever.” of the campaign, she also specified.

The note highlights the importance of small donors and states that:“a third” Donations recorded during the week of the Democratic convention come “first donors”. These figures concern donations to various structures that finance the national campaign. In the 24 hours following the announcement of Joe Biden’s withdrawal and his support for his vice president, the Democrats had raised $81 million.

The campaign team of Republican candidate Donald Trump had declared at the beginning of August that it had some 327 million dollars available, three months before an American election where these hundreds of millions of dollars are needed, in particular, to finance the broadcasting of political advertisements on television.