Harris Sets Record for Biggest Fund-Raising Quarter Ever

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Source: New York Times

Oct. 21, 2024 Updated 7:56 a.m. ET


Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign set a record for the biggest fund-raising quarter ever this fall, raising $1 billion in the three-month period that ended Sept. 30.

Ms. Harris’s campaign and its allied party committees raised over $359 million in September alone, compared with the $160 million reported by former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign and allied groups. Ms. Harris and her groups entered October with over $346 million on hand; Mr. Trump’s aides said his campaign and its affiliated groups had $283 million.

The vast gap between Ms. Harris’s and Mr. Trump’s committees was laid bare in new filings made with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday evening. The figures show the state of the race as of the end of September, and they capture the fallout of the presidential debate that month, which Ms. Harris was widely perceived to have won.

The figures may be new but the story is familiar. Each month since Ms. Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, she has significantly out-raised and outspent Mr. Trump, building a vastly bigger campaign than has the Republican nominee.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/us/elections/harris-trump-campaign-finance.html

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[displacedvermoter]

1. This can't be good for her, right?

[ancianita]

2. Not for nothing, this money advantage will make the 3-5 digit vote difference in PA, MI, WI, NV, and AZ.

And hopefully GA.

Campaigns and party committees typically work to spend their cash down to zero, although both campaigns are aware that post-election litigation could require additional funds.

Given her cash advantage, Ms. Harris has been able to spend more of her time, a precious resource in these final weeks, campaigning — while Mr. Trump has had to spend time raising money in places like Texas and Florida...

Ms. Harris can also spend more money on voter contact. She and her supporters are scheduled to outspend Mr. Trump and his backers on television and radio advertising by about 30 percent over the final two weeks of the campaign, according to data from AdImpact.

[grobertj]

3. I gave my fair share!

[tclambert]

4. But Trump's campaign loves to stiff their vendors. He still owes cities from the last election

when he held rallies but didn't pay up.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. It's not the money that concerns me, but it'll make her job easier to pound the SOB into the ground, as he

rightfully should be. He is the laziest, worthless POS ever to grace the halls of the WH and I don't ever want to see him there again.

A traitor and also, un-American.