Correction: A total of $47 million was donated to all of Harris’ campaigns through ActBlue within seven hours of her launching her campaign on Sunday. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information.
The Democratic fundraising platform said Sunday that small donors had given about $47 million through ActBlue within seven hours of Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign launching on Sunday afternoon.
“As of 9 p.m. ET, grassroots supporters have raised $46.7 million through ActBlue since Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign kicked off, making it the largest fundraising day of the 2024 election cycle. Small donors are enthusiastic and ready to take on this race.” Act Blue he wrote in an update posted on social media platform X.
This figure does not just include donations to the Harris campaign, but the total amount raised on the platform.
President Biden announced he was stepping down from the presidential race just before 2 p.m. Sunday and quickly offered his “full support and endorsement” of Harris.
ActBlue previously said that during the first five hours of Harris’ campaign, the platform Over $27.5 million Through small donations.
The New York Times The Times reported that Sunday marked the largest single day of online donations for Democrats since the 2020 election. The previous record was set the day after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020, when ActBlue raised about $73.5 million, according to the Times.
Following Biden’s decision, major Democratic donors have also voiced their support for Harris.
Trump has trailed Biden in fundraising in recent weeks and big donors have reportedly frozen about $90 million in contributions to the president’s reelection campaign amid growing calls for him to drop out of the race.
Biden’s move not to seek reelection comes after Democrats for weeks urged the president to drop out of the race after his disastrous debate performance with former President Trump. Despite a growing number of Democrats calling for him to withdraw, Biden and his campaign had repeatedly denied calls for him to run until this weekend.
Hours after Biden’s announcement, Democrats endorsed Harris as their favorite candidate for the November election, and Harris said late Sunday that she intended to “earn and win” the Democratic presidential nomination.
