US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign raised $71 million in the third quarter of the year, much more than the $45 million collected by his main opponent, former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021). ).
Florida Governor’s Campaign Ron DeSantisThis sparked Trump’s main rival to win the Republican Party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential elections 15 million in the third quarter
with everything, Biden’s number is lower, if we take the effects of inflation into account, than what Trump and former President Barack Obama (2009-2017) collected in the third quarter of their re-election campaign.according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper explained that in general, candidates running for re-election tend to have a significant advantage in fundraising in the year preceding the elections, before the end of the primary elections for the competing party, as their efforts are added to what they collected themselves. At the national level, according to Efe Agency.
The Democrat also has $91 million in cash on hand.which according to the campaign “Highest cumulative total of any Democratic candidate in history at this stage of the race.”The Hill reports.
Among the data revealed today is the Biden campaign Highlights the number of new donors achieved so far (i.e. people who did not donate to his 2020 presidential campaign but have now done so): 240,000.
They also managed to do that 112,000 people pledged to donate every month. About 97% of donations were less than $200 The average contribution was $40.
In the second quarter of the year, which is when Biden announced his candidacy for president (in April), the campaign raised $72 million and had $77 million in cash.
