Donald Trump doesn’t keep pace with Kamala Harris fundraising in July
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The Democratic candidate did better in a partial month than the GOP nominee did in all 31 days.

Momentum in the presidential race continues to shift to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, as evidenced by Donald Trump’s recent fundraising announcement.

Trump and “authorized committees raised $138.7 Million in the month of July providing a Cash on Hand total of $327 Million,” the campaign announced.

Team Trump contends those “numbers reflect continued momentum with donors at every level and provide the resources for the final 96 days until victory (on) November 5th.” But the campaign’s haul for the entire month of July falls short of the money raced by Kamala Harris, despite sympathy inspired by an assassination attempt and a Republican National Convention that saw Ohio’s JD Vance elevated to the No. 2 spot on the ticket.

Harris raised $310 million in July, which the campaign says was “powered by the best grassroots fundraising month in presidential history, is more than double what the Trump campaign and RNC raised in July, and includes more than $200 million in the week following President (Joe) Biden’s endorsement of Vice President Harris’ candidacy.”

They are over the $1 billion mark for the 2024 cycle, with a staggering $377 million in cash on hand, “the largest ever war chest at this point in the cycle and $50 million more than the Trump team’s post-July cash on hand,” per Harris’ team.

The fundraising battle continues as the fight in swing states continues between the two candidates, with recent polling suggesting Harris is taking the fight to Trump in the few states that are seen as toss-ups.

Polling released this week by Bloomberg-Morning Consult reveals that Harris has a marginal lead across the battlegrounds, as Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin go her way, with Georgia tied, and Donald Trump only ahead in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

These numbers suggest that the Vice President’s nascent campaign is redefining the 2024 race, with certain demos key to Harris’ coalition apparently much more interested in voting now than they were during the end of the Biden re-election candidacy. 

More than 40% of Black and Hispanic voters say they are much more likely to vote given the shakeup atop the ticket, and Generation Z voters are not far behind. 

In all swing states, Harris has done what Biden couldn’t against Trump, taking a 48% to 47% lead that is a functional dead heat.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


11 comments

  • Michael K

    August 1, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    The angry, bitter old man can’t keep up.
    What was ‘novel’ in 2016 is a tired old schtick in 2024.
    America deserves better, and the choice is clear.

    • MH/Duuuval

      August 3, 2024 at 6:41 pm

      Trump’s new nickname: Little Egypt — to celebrate the $10 million “donation” Trump got from the Egyptian dictator.

      “A great man,” according to Trump.

      Four suitcases containing US dollars.

  • Worm brain 2024

    August 1, 2024 at 6:34 pm

    You are right! What was novel in 2019 we can all see is a disaster and citizens deserve better. I don’t vote for CCP Manchurian candidate terrorist supporters. People who support Harris are white elites who are insulated from what they’ve done to the country or worse yet support it. We need better candidates.

    • Michael K

      August 1, 2024 at 7:11 pm

      No dear one. I said 2016 – when the angry old man with the racist birther lies burst onto the scene.

      He lost in 2020, yet is trying that same old sorry schtick again. Fortunately, Joe Biden was the right person at the right time.

      Now, Vice President Harris is the right person, at the right time, and in the right place to move this country forward. We canceled the reruns of the Trump show once already. He’s the dinosaur in the race, an old fossil, a relic of the past, not a guiding light to the future.

  • Marion

    August 1, 2024 at 6:57 pm

    TRUMP 2024. HE MIGHT BE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. BUT HE GETS THE JOB DONE. BOY DO WE NEED THAT STRONG, TOUGH LEADERSHIP TO BRING US BACK TO COMMON SENSE AND OUT OF THE WOKE ERA.

    • MaryAnn

      August 12, 2024 at 6:55 am

      Yea, he’ll get the job done…..the king of bankruptcy. That’s what he’ll do to the country!

  • ScienceBLVR

    August 1, 2024 at 7:05 pm

    People who support Harris are All from happy families and are all alike. People who support Trump are All from unhappy families and as we know.. each one of them is unhappy in their own way..

  • MH/Duuuval

    August 1, 2024 at 7:18 pm

    What’s all this I hear that DJT — the self-styled GOAT of Everything in the Universe — is running scared from a debate with a woman of color, a DEI, and other stuff DJT can’t bring himself to talk about (wink)?

  • Childless Cat Lady

    August 3, 2024 at 3:39 am

    I’m certain Addleson or small donors can spread some money cheer Trump’s way.

    • Dick & Harry

      August 3, 2024 at 8:31 am

      You mean his lawyers need to be paid again to keep him out of jail? I’m sure the ‘Fleecing of the Rubes’ tour will be playing Israel again soon enough and he’ll be dropping in at Miriam’s place to say Howdy.

      • MH/Duuuval

        August 3, 2024 at 7:37 pm

        Mrs. Adelson is the classic example of why inheritance laws need to be revisited.

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