The Harris campaign announced in a memo that the vice president had raised $200 million in less than a week.
According to a memo provided by the Harris campaign:
Harris’ team has raised a record $200 million since President Biden’s endorsement last Sunday. Sixty-six percent of those came from first-time donors, further demonstrating the overwhelming grassroots support for the Vice President.
Enthusiasm for Harris’s vice presidential candidacy is uniting and strengthening our winning coalition—supported by young voters, voters of color, Labor voters, Barack and Michelle Obama, and countless leaders and advocates. The party was so united behind Vice President Harris’ candidacy that she won enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee less than 24 hours after announcing her campaign. Just this weekend, dozens of surrogates joined Harris on the campaign trail.
Money is very important. Whether people want to admit it or not, campaigns need money to succeed. Donations are also a sign of enthusiasm. New polling released Sunday shows Kamala Harris leading Trump in enthusiasm. Harris voters were more enthusiastic than Trump voters about voting for their candidate rather than voting for the former president.
The coalition building behind Harris is broad and diverse. The same coalition, but probably a bigger one, has given Democrats victory and outperformance in every election since 2017. Trump is trying to stay ahead of the election while avoiding a debate with his vice president. If the polls continue to shift and Harris’ momentum continues to build, Trump will have no choice but to participate in the debate.
Harris still needs to name her campaign and hold her convention. If this momentum continues, things could get ugly for Trump and the Republican Party.
Awards and Professional Memberships
Member of Society of Professional Journalists and American Political Science Association
