Harris Crosses Half-Billion Donation Milestone

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign has raised $540 million since it launched last month, including a surge bolstered by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and a total that amounts to "a record for any campaign in history," according to a memo released Sunday by the campaign.

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And I am proud to be one of them.

So, over a half billion, they say? WOW! That gonna put some frost on Trump's tootsies.

Which reminds me. I wonder if Mike Johnson is starting to revisit his choice of political umbilical cords.

#1 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-25 09:47 AM

71 days.
Second traunch is on its way!

#2 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-25 09:57 AM

According to a memo from Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillion:
In just over a month since we launched our campaign, Team Harris-Walz raised $540 million " a record for any campaign in history.
Not only are our volunteers doing the work, but this week we saw unprecedented grassroots donations. Just before Vice President Harris' acceptance speech Thursday night, we officially crossed the $500 million mark. Immediately after her speech, we saw our best fundraising hour since launch day.
Even more encouraging than the total figure is where these donations are coming from:
A third of this week's donations originated from first-time contributors.
Almost one-fifth of those first-time contributors were young voters and two-thirds of which were women " both of which are poised to be deciding constituencies in November.
Teachers and nurses also continue to be among the most common donor occupations.

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#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-08-25 10:31 AM

Impossible. Where are the bibles, shoes, and singing "trouts"?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-25 02:58 PM

Is it good that Democrats will always buy a Presidency if possible? They think so.

#5 | Posted by Robson at 2024-08-25 07:30 PM

When you wrote that, did you think, "that sounds

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-08-25 07:51 PM

When I write that. I apparently messed up my html tag

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-08-25 07:52 PM

Is it good that Democrats will always buy a Presidency if possible? They think so.

#5 | POSTED BY ROBSON

Meanwhile ...

The Previous Guy met with oil industry executives in April and asked for $1 billion in campaign contributions, The Hill reported last month.

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump's solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-08-25 08:40 PM

Could it be any more clear that our system is a corporate Oligarchy. Not a representative democracy?

Years ago, poor people actually got elected to national office.

Corporations and AIPAC and other deep pocketed special interests didn't monopolize the pool of viable candidates by making it so exorbitant to seek high office.

It was financially in the reach of ordinary people without political connection to interest groups.

Now it takes billions of dollars to get elected President. A position that pays $400,000 dollars a year. Good money, to be sure,but not anything outrageous.

Our system is not like any other except maybe Russia where Oligarchs openly have fiefdoms and control entire regions.

In America it's less open and more hidden under a facade of"electability" but one can be absolutely certain of one thing... If the biggest Donors blackball a candidate they're Toast.

Biden is the Prime Example.

The Donors boycotted him and a week later Kamala was the latest Shiny New Object.

Trump has his billionaire donors and the DNC have theirs.

The public doesn't pick the Candidates or really decide the outcome. It's not a free election because only the most wealthy even get into the game. Only the richest Donors get any true representation.

Hidden Oligarchs set the agenda.

In Russia and the USA

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-08-25 09:00 PM

The Difference is that most Dems will vote for things like killing Citizens United, fair taxation on the corporate/billionaires, healthcare and social care, gun laws, and even campaign finance reform

Most Republicans, including all Trumpers, will vote for the opposite.

So, those two Parties are not the same.

And making the perfect the enemy of the lesser evil is just self-abuse.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-25 10:02 PM

Trump begs and takes money from corrupt corporations. He's bought and paid for. Harris will surpass 1 billion by Election Day with most money coming from everyday people. Everyday people who are sick of the cult and con of Trump. and Harris will win by 7-11%.

#11 | Posted by NOTGOINGBACK at 2024-08-25 10:06 PM

NOTGOINGBACK

If the Harris campaign continues on its current trajectory, I don't think there's any question she's going to win.

The problem will begin with the legal challenges from the Trump campaign that have already been set in place to spring into action ~ much like they did in 2020 but a lot more legally sophisticated in 2024. IOW, no more fake electors and endless demands for recounts or barnstorming the Capitol building.

I can imagine Trump taking his new more sophisticated legal challenges all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court for adjudication in an effort to use Alito and Thomas to change the official results in his favor.

#12 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-26 02:29 AM

If Trump loses this election we already know he's going to pull every string and push every button to jam up the election results, most likely at county levels in swing states. I did read that there is a bevy of attorneys already warning election workers that any failure to certify can and will result in a criminal prosecution.

The Harris campaign already knows what's coming, so I trust that they're already putting firewalls in place to shut Trump off at the pass and keep this election out of the hands of the current Supreme Court.

#13 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-26 06:01 AM

Quants say Harris has to be up by 3% nationally.
Trump under polls.

I think we have to make this crystal clear as possible that Trump lost, if he loses. It can't be questionable.

I am still SMH that this can be close.

#14 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-26 08:43 AM

YAV

Nothing is ever going to be "crystal clear" to Trump if he loses. He has a lot more riding on this election than staying out of jail. Can you just imagine the beating Trump is going to get from Vladimir Putin for costing the Russia leader his legacy.

Anybody can suffer the loss of an election. That's an ego thing. Not everybody can survive double-crossing one of the most vindictive dictators in the world who took his country into a war that depended on a Trump presidency.

I wouldn't want to be in Trump shoes.

#15 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-26 10:13 AM

Yes, TwinPac. That's my hope and why I want it to be clear to the vast majority of Americans that he lost.
He can continue to deny all he wants.

#16 | Posted by YAV at 2024-08-26 10:52 AM

Putin derangement syndrome is rampant on this thread.

Lol.

#17 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-08-26 06:56 PM

@#17 ... Putin derangement syndrome ...

I agree.

Pres Putin is deranged.

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-26 07:05 PM

@#3 ... A third of this week's donations originated from first-time contributors.

Almost one-fifth of those first-time contributors were young voters and two-thirds of which were women -- both of which are poised to be deciding constituencies in November. ...

It will be interesting to see if the pollsters can keep up with this changing electorate.

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-26 07:10 PM

" It will be interesting to see if the pollsters can keep up with this changing electorate."

They can't. Nor can they properly account for The Dobbs Effect, folks lost on J6, or the huge lead Kamala has with first-time voters.

The KS abortion rights vote, the OH rights vote(s), Alabama's Marilyn Lands, a Democrat, winning a House seat campaigning on ONE issue (guess), and OH06, a +29 red district the Republican won ... but only by single digits.

NONE of them had accurate polls. All underestimated Dem votes by 5-10 points; note OH has been waaaay off, even predicting the first hurdle"needing a supermajority of 60%" wouldn't be met. WRONG!

Whatever the numbers say, I add 3-5 pts to Kamala's tally.

#20 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-08-26 07:30 PM

@#20 ... NONE of them had accurate polls. ...

I do not disagree.

My question is more about going forward.

Will the pollsters take that new information into account?

At this point one of the tihings I am waiting for is the switch from Registered Voters to Likely Voters in the polls.

The polls currently still seem to be mostly Registered Voters.

The switch to Likely Voters may result in different polls.

But, yeah, I do agree that Dobbs caught the pollsters by [an embarrassing] surprise.

#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-26 07:51 PM

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