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Kamala Harris Rakes in Over $540 Million for Presidential Campaign

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According to The Washington Post and other international media, Kamala Harris has raised $540 million in campaign funds since announcing her candidacy last month.

The Harris campaign reported that she raised $82 million during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which took place from August 19 to 22. Notably, donations were significantly increased immediately following her acceptance speech on August 22.

Since the Democratic Party chose Harris to replace President Joe Biden as its candidate, her campaign has surpassed the Republican Party in fundraising.

As of the end of July, reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) show that Harris’s campaign had raised $377 million, compared to $327 million for former President Donald Trump’s campaign. However, Trump has not yet disclosed the total fundraising from the Republican National Convention held in Milwaukee last month.

Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’s campaign manager, noted that one-third of the donors during the convention were new supporters, and two-thirds of these new donors were women.

Dillon emphasized, “The enthusiasm and energy at the United Center this week was palpable – but that enthusiasm extended well beyond Chicago, spreading far and wide throughout the battleground states that will decide this election.”

Harris plans to focus on key battleground states, leveraging the momentum from the convention.

Meanwhile, a recent poll indicates that Harris leads Donald Trump by 7 percentage points.

According to a Fairleigh Dickinson University survey released on August 23, Harris received 50% support, while Trump garnered 43%. The poll, which surveyed 801 registered voters nationwide from August 17 to 20, has a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of ±3.5 percentage points.

These results suggest that factors related to race and gender may have played a role in shaping voter preferences.

The polling organization observed that support for Harris increases significantly when respondents consider race or gender. However, when these factors are not considered, support for both Harris and Trump is nearly equal.

The survey’s lead researcher, Dan Cassino, stated, “Trump has built his political career around a very specific performance of whiteness and masculinity. In the past, that’s been seen as a strength, but it’s no longer clear that it’s working.” He added, “Trump does reasonably well among nonwhite voters so long as they’re not thinking about race: Once they are, we see a huge shift to Harris.”

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