The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has surpassed $540 million (about 717.7 billion won) in campaign funds due to the effects of the national convention and increased donations from young people. In particular, campaign fundraising is accelerating as donations rose rapidly following the presidential candidate’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last week.
According to the Associated Press on the 25th (local time), Vice President Harris raised $540 million in campaign funds in about a month after declaring her candidacy for president last month. In particular, Harris raised $82 million (about 109 billion won) only from the 19th to the 22nd, when the Democratic Party held its national convention in Chicago.
Jen O’Malley, Dillon’s campaign chairwoman. That day, he explained, “we officially surpassed $500 million just before Vice President Harris’ acceptance speech” and “right after her speech, we had our biggest fundraising moment since the camp launched.” Participation in donations from young voters and women voters has increased rapidly. According to the camp One-third of donors who contributed campaign funds during the national convention were new donors. Two-thirds of the new donors were women and one-fifth were young voters. The field welcomes the surge in donations from women and young people who desperately need to get out in the vote for Harris to win the presidential election.
The Democratic Party is ahead of the Republican Party in financial power after the presidential candidate was replaced by Harris. The campaign of Republican candidate former President Donald Trump He announced last month that he had raised $138.7 million, less than the amount Harris raised in the first week of her presidential bid.
Even in terms of withheld funds, Harris’s camp has more. According to data reported by both sides to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), as of the end of last month, Harris’ side had $377 million and Trump’s side had $327 million. Former President Trump did not disclose the amount raised at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month.
Another opinion poll showed Harris ahead of Trump. According to the Washington Post, based on the results of the Fairleigh Dickinson University poll of 810 registered American voters from the 17th to the 20th and announced on the 25th (margin of error ±3.5% with a confidence level of 95%), Vice President Harris defeated Trump. With an approval rating of 50%, she was 7 percentage points ahead of the former president (43%).
The research institute found that both candidates demonstrated a high level of internal loyalty, achieving a 95% approval rating among Democratic and Republican supporters, respectively.
In Harris’ case, she received support from 87% of voters who defined themselves as liberals and 93% of progressives. Even among moderates, 62% were ahead of Trump (30%).
Trump received 76% support from conservatives and an overwhelming 95% support from far-right MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters. This poll was conducted while independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. was in the primaries, so the effect of Kennedy Jr.’s support for Trump was not reflected.
Washington = Correspondent Lim Seong-su joylss@kmib.co.kr
