New York (EFE).- The campaign for the reelection of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, raised 71 million dollars in the third quarter of the year, well above the 45 million raised by his main opponent, former president Donald Trump. .
The campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump’s main rival to win the Republican Party nomination for the 2024 presidential elections, raised 15 million in the third quarter.
However, Biden’s figure is lower, if the effects of inflation are taken into account, than what Trump and former President Barack Obama raised in their respective third quarters of their reelection campaign, according to The Washington newspaper. Post.
The newspaper explained that, in general, candidates running for re-election tend to have a great advantage in fundraising in the year prior to the elections, before the primaries in the opposing party end, since their efforts are added what was collected by his own party at the national level.
Biden’s numbers
The Democrat also has $91 million in cash on hand, which according to the campaign is “the highest total accumulated by any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the race,” reports The Hill.
Among the data revealed today by the Biden campaign, the number of new donors achieved to date stands out (that is, people who did not donate to the campaign to elect him president in 2020 but have done so now): 240,000.
US President Joe Biden in a file photograph. EFE/ Ron Sachs/Pool
They have also gotten 112,000 people to commit to donating each month. About 97% of donations were less than $200 and the average contribution was $40.
In the second quarter of the year, which was when Biden announced his presidential candidacy (in April), the campaign raised $72 million and had $77 million in cash on hand.
2023-10-15 17:03:12
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