By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election marketing campaign stated on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers within the week since she grew to become the Democratic Social gathering’s presidential candidate.
President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday final week and endorsed Harris for the Nov. 5 vote towards Republican former President Donald Trump.
“In the week since we got started, @KamalaHarris has raised $200 million dollars. 66% of that is from new donors. We’ve signed up 170,000 new volunteers,” Harris’ deputy marketing campaign supervisor, Rob Flaherty, posted on X.
Polls over the previous week, together with one by Reuters/Ipsos, present Harris and Trump basically tied, setting the stage for a close-fought marketing campaign over the 100 days left till the election.
Trump’s marketing campaign stated in early July that it raised $331 million within the second quarter, topping the $264 million that Biden’s marketing campaign and its Democratic allies raised in the identical interval. Trump’s marketing campaign had $284.9 million in money readily available on the finish of June whereas the Democratic marketing campaign had $240 million in money readily available on the time.
Harris has secured help from a majority of delegates to the Democratic Nationwide Conference, seemingly guaranteeing she’s going to grow to be the get together’s nominee for president subsequent month.
“So our vice president is the presumptive nominee. We will have the official vote on August 1,” Democratic Nationwide Committee Chair Jaime Harrison advised MSNBC on Sunday.
Biden withdrew from the race amid questions on his age and well being following a faltering debate efficiency towards Trump in late June. Biden pledged to stay in workplace as president till his time period ends on Jan. 20, 2025.
Harris’ takeover has reenergized a marketing campaign that had faltered badly amid Democrats’ doubts about Biden’s probabilities of defeating Trump or his potential to proceed to manipulate had he received.
Polls confirmed that Trump had constructed a lead over Biden, together with in battleground states, after Biden’s disastrous debate efficiency.
A New York Instances/Siena Faculty nationwide ballot printed Thursday discovered Harris has narrowed what had been a large Trump lead whereas Trump had a two share level lead over her in a Wall Avenue Journal ballot printed on Friday. A Reuters/Ipsos ballot printed on July 23 confirmed a two level lead for Harris.
Mitch Landrieu, a marketing campaign co-chair, stated on MSNBC that Harris “had one of the best weeks that we’ve seen in politics in the last 50 years”.
“This is going to be a very close race,” he stated.
Trump’s fundraising surged when he was convicted in late Might on felony prices associated to a hush-money fee to a porn star forward of the 2016 election. An assassination try towards him this month was additionally anticipated to spur marketing campaign contributions.
