Former US President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has raised over $160 million in the month of September, according to Trump’s campaign. This amount is 23 per cent more than what Republicans managed to raise in the previous month, which was around $130 million.
As a result of this successful fundraising, Trump’s campaign now has a cash reserve of around $283 million.
Meanwhile, Trump’s counterpart in this election, Kamala Harris managed to get past the amount collected by the former President for the month of August. The Democratic Presidential nominee and her party raised $361 million, which gave an edge to the US vice president’s party.
Official figures for the amount collected in the month of September have not been disclosed by the Harris’ campaign. However, the US Vice President’s party managed to raise $55 million this past weekend from two events, informed a campaign official on Sunday.
The entry of Kamala Harris in the Presidential race against Trump revoked a new sense of energy in the Democratic party, which seemed quite nervous and clueless when Biden was in the race.
Earlier, the polls were showing a clear lead to Republican candidate Trump, even in the battleground states attributed to a sympathy wave after surviving an assassination attempt and Biden’s deteriorating cognitive health, Trump’s re-election seemed like a cakewalk until Biden stepped out on July 21 and endorsed Kamala for the post.
Her entry has now tilted the scenarios building up during the time of Biden’s nomination, as now polls are showing a tight race between the Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate.
Both sides are now focusing on the swing states to manoeuvre in their favour with aggressive ad campaigns.