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WILMINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden raised more than $ 364 million in August, reportedly breaking the record for monthly campaign donations even though his fundraising efforts were primarily online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The former vice president and the Democratic National Committee raised a total of $ 364.5 million, of which $ 205 million was pledged online from small donors, his campaign team said on Wednesday (September 1).
The previous record was set by Barack Obama and the DNC in September 2008, when it raised nearly $ 200 million, according to reports from CBS and the New York Times.
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“That number surprises me,” Biden, 77, said in a statement thanking his fans.
“More than 205 million dollars, or 57 percent of the money we raised, came from online donations, from people like you, contributing 5, 10, 20 dollars at a time,” added the candidate.
Having prepared his re-election campaign since he arrived at the White House in early 2017, 74-year-old President Donald Trump still has a larger general war chest, but Biden has been raising ever-increasing sums since he won the Democratic primary in April. .
“We have to keep breaking records if we want to secure a chance to win this,” Biden urged his fans.
“Trump’s money machine remains and is bolstered by outside dark money, not grassroots donors like all of you,” Biden said.
“And you better believe that they will pour everything into attacks and smears against me, against Kamala and against our campaign.”
Biden’s choice of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the woman of color in a major party’s presidential bid, ignited his donor base and raised $ 26 million in 24 hours, Biden revealed. August 12.
In July, Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $ 165 million, compared to $ 140 million from Democrats the same month.
