Former President Trump's campaign announced Wednesday that it raised more than $160 million in September, in numbers shared with Fox News.
The former president's campaign has raised more money than the roughly $130 million raised by Trump's various fundraising committees in August.
With less than five weeks until Election Day in November, President Trump faces a significant fundraising shortfall against Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at the Bayfront Convention Center on Sunday, September 29, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke) (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
Harris' campaign announced last month that it had raised a staggering $361 million in August, nearly three times what Trump raised.
Harris' campaign has not yet reported September fundraising figures.
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The Trump campaign revealed its fundraising status and revealed that it had $283.1 million in cash on hand as of the end of September. This was down slightly from the $295 million that was in the coffers the previous month.
The Harris campaign reported in a statement last month that it had $404 million in cash on hand.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event on Friday, September 20, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In releasing the latest numbers, the Trump campaign highlighted small grassroots fundraisers, saying they received an average donation of $60 and 96% of donations were less than $200.
The Biden campaign and Democratic National Committee maintained a fundraising lead over Trump and the Republican National Committee earlier this year. However, in the second quarter of 2024, Trump and the RNC outraised Biden and the DNC by $331 million to $264 million.
After his disastrous performance in the debate with Trump in late June, Biden temporarily slowed his fundraising efforts as donors showing their support for the 81-year-old president briefly spent large sums of money. enjoyed a sharp increase.
But Biden's sluggish and erratic debate performance immediately raised questions about his physical and mental ability to serve in the White House for another four years, with some in his own party questioning his ability to serve in the White House for another four years. There have been growing calls for an end to this challenge. The temporary surge in funding did not last and began to slow significantly by early July.
Biden declined to withdraw from the 2024 race on July 21, and the party quickly solidified around Harris, who has seen her fundraising surge with small donations. did.
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When asked about the lack of funding, Republican National Committee “Democrats have a ton of money. Democrats always have a ton of money,” Committee Chairman Michael Whatley told Fox News Digital last month.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
But he added: “We absolutely have the resources we need to get our message across to all the voters we're talking to, and we feel very confident that we can see this campaign through to its conclusion.” emphasized. We’re going to win on November 5th.”
Fundraising is an important indicator of a campaign, along with public opinion polls, and is a measure of a candidate's popularity and the strength of a campaign. Funds raised can be used to hire staff, grow grassroots efforts and get out the vote, create and run ads on TV, radio, digital ads, and mailers, and travel expenses for candidates, among other things.
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