By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election marketing campaign mentioned on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers within the week since she turned 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 in opposition to Republican former President Donald Trump.
“Within the week since we received began, @KamalaHarris has raised $200 million {dollars}. 66% of that’s from new donors. We have 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 mentioned 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 available on the finish of June whereas the Democratic marketing campaign had $240 million in money 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 social gathering’s nominee for president subsequent month.
“So our vice chairman is the presumptive nominee. We could 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 in opposition to 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 possibilities of defeating Trump or his capacity to proceed to manipulate had he gained.
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 School 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 Road 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, mentioned on MSNBC that Harris “had the most effective weeks that we have seen in politics within the final 50 years”.
“That is going to be a really shut race,” he mentioned.
Trump’s fundraising surged when he was convicted in late Might on felony fees associated to a hush-money cost to a porn star forward of the 2016 election. An assassination try in opposition to him this month was additionally anticipated to spur marketing campaign contributions.