This election cycle is record-breaking for both the Vice President and vice president. Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump They bring in good money for their respective campaigns. But Harris blew Trump’s contributions out of the water. $600 million fundraising leader.

He raised nearly $100 million in the first half of October alone, according to the latest data released by Federal Election, bringing his committee’s fundraising total between Jan. 1, 2023, and Oct. 16, 2024, to $997.2 million, compared to the $388 million total Trump raised. Commission for both Embers And Harris.

Harris has more billionaires supporting her than Trump (83 billionaires compared to Trump’s 52 billionaire supporters). Forbes but far fewer than Trump did choose to dole out cash to support his campaign — or at least not as generously as Trump’s ultra-wealthy supporters.

The former New York mayor is among the billionaire donors who contributed nearly $1 million each to Harris’ campaign Michael Bloombergfamous director Steven Spielberg and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

In contrast, Trump’s billionaire supporters are giving away their money in unimaginable amounts.

Over the past three months, Three billionaires transferred more than $250 million He joined Trump’s campaign.

Elon MuskPlatform X (formerly Twitter), which has now become the focal point of Musk’s pro-Trump rhetoric, has now at least donated $118.6 million to date Trump’s campaign, primarily through Musk’s privately founded America PAC.

Trump’s other big billionaire backers include doctor and entrepreneur Miriam AdelsonDonation total surpasses Musk and businessman’s $18 million Richard UihleinHe contributed a whopping $49 million.

Outside of the ultra-wealthy, it’s Harris who has the contribution advantage among suburban voters, helping her build a surprising fundraising lead.

Registered suburban voters who donate online are twice as likely to donate to Harris than Trump. Washington Post.

Gender, to mail Women generally appear to be more likely to support Harris, another big factor in helping Harris financially against Trump. In Pittsburgh, for example, 60 percent of female donors who were also registered voters donated to Harris rather than Trump, while only 40 percent of men did the same.

While Trump’s donors have generally gravitated towards slightly older men than Harris’, Trump has had success in this regard. men under forty-five in predominantly white rural communities In states like Arizona.

While less than 4 percent of Trump campaign contributors in Georgia are black, Harris has the support of 83 percent of black voters and donors. questionnaire carried out by to mail and George Mason University’s Schar School of Politics and Government, which surveyed voters in seven swing states.

Contrary to the populist message that helped put him in office, Trump 40 percent decrease in small donors compared to his previous presidential campaign, which forced him to rely on wealthy supporters; Harris saw more than that 40 percent of fundraising comes from small donors.

Considering the massive fundraising effort, Harris spent $5 million a day from Trump on ads, social media and other campaign support techniques. According to Bloomberg.

According to the data collected, the candidate who usually earns the most and therefore spends the most wins, at least in the House and Senate elections. Open Secrets.

Will this be valid in the presidential election? Is Harris’ success among small donors an indication of how she’ll perform at the ballot box among this demographic? We’ll only know this after the ballots are counted, but it will still be a strong indicator of how much money is at stake in the 2024 presidential race.

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