The vice president of the United States and potential candidate to replace Joe Biden at the head of the Democratic Party, Kamala Harrisha raised more than 81 million dollars (about 74.4 million euros) in just 24 hours Following the announcement of the president’s withdrawalbeating the record in the campaign for the November 5 elections.
Some donors warned Democrats in early July, They would turn off the tap if Biden remained at the head of the campaign After the lapses, the mistakes and, above all, after the disastrous electoral debate against Donald Trump that sentenced his career, the current Democratic leader gave in to the voices that demanded his retirement and, This Sunday, he announced that he would not continue to lead the candidacy.
Thus, after months of uncertainty and predicting a debacle for the Democratic Party in the presidential elections, Just two days ago everything changed. Biden stepped aside and publicly supported his ‘number two’the Democratic faces joined in, even Nancy Pelosi, more reluctant, but who finally also offered her support.
In this way, Harris, who was already part of the joint campaign with Biden, inherited many of his operations and You can make use of these funds to appear His name appears next to Biden’s in the documents of electoral campaign registration.
According to the website that processes Democratic donations, ActBlue, two hours after the announcement, grassroots supporters had raised $46.7 million.
In relation to the collectionit seemed that Biden’s announcement calmed the waters and encouraged Democratic optimism. According to the website that processes Democratic donations, ActBlue, two hours later of the announcement (9:00 p.m.), the grassroots supporters had raised 46.7 million. So, it was “the most important fundraising day of the 2024 cycle“.
81 million euros in 24 hours for Kamala Harris
He enthusiasm seems not to have ceased hours later and his campaign team has reported that more than 888,000 peoples made contributions in the last 24 hoursBeing the 60% new donors in the 2024 election cycle.
Harris’ team has managed to 43,000 new donorswho have committed to contribute funds on a regular basiswith more than half choosing contributions weekly.
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On the Republican side, the largest collection of Donald Trump In this campaign it was more than 50 million of dollars, obtained just after being found guilty by the jury in New York at the end of May in the trial for irregular payments to adult film actress ‘Stormy Daniels’. Bidenfor its part, raised 38 million in the days following the controversial debate.
The Democratic Convention
This Monday also saw an event that will bring some calm to the Democratic ranks. The vice president has obtained the necessary support from the delegates to be able to opt for nomination as a candidate for the party in the Convention of August.
Yes indeed, Although Harris has enough support, other candidates could still come forwardyou just have to get the companies of at least 300 delegateswith no more than one sixth (50 supporters) coming from the same state.
If only one candidate, for the moment Harris – in the US it is usual that as soon as the necessary signatures are obtained it is made public – reaches the threshold, Virtual voting could take place as early as August 1If there are several candidates, the voting would take place days later, but it should be completed before the August 7th.
If the nomination takes place in early August, the Democratic Convention will be a rallying cry for Kamala Harris as a candidate, as well as an opportunity to show unity within the party.
This way, If the nomination takes place in early Augustthe Democratic Convention will be the Staging support for Kamala Harris as a candidateas well as a television opportunity for the Political formation shows unity and closing ranks just days before the elections and after perhaps the most controversial and unusual campaign in the history of the United States.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
