WASHINGTON, July 21 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has collected more donations for his election campaign over the past three months than his Democratic rival and incumbent President Joe Biden, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
«Donald Trump raised more money than Joe Biden in the second quarter, underscoring that the former president is experiencing a surge in donations as Democratic donors grow increasingly nervous about their candidate's prospects,» the newspaper reported in an analysis of federal data. election campaigns.
According to the publication, Republican fundraising organizations have raised more than $431 million since April, while their Democratic rivals have raised nearly $99 million less, about $332 million.
Trump initially trailed Biden in fundraising, but that changed when a New York jury convicted him on May 30 of falsifying records in connection with payments to two women, including porn actress Stormy Daniels, to keep quiet about their alleged affair. .
«»The impact has been dramatic. Trump-linked fundraising groups more than tripled the amount of donations they raised in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, when Biden's groups raised about $49 million more. Compared to Trump groups more than doubled their fundraising in the second quarter of 2020, the year of the last presidential election,” the Financial Times notes.
The newspaper names Trump's largest donor as Timothy Mellon, the heir to a banking dynasty. He donated $75 million, including $50 million immediately after the verdict in the document falsification case was announced.
The article does not analyze the impact on collections of Biden's failure in the debate with Trump due to the lack of data for July. However, some Democratic donors have publicly announced their decision to delay the transfer of funds due to dissatisfaction with Biden's candidacy.
There are growing calls among Democrats to nominate another candidate to replace Biden after his failure at the debate. Theoretically, the party will have such an opportunity at the congress in August, but in practice it will be difficult to remove the winning president from the race if he does not refuse to participate. At the same time, Biden says he intends to stay in the race and go to the end, arguing that there are no candidates better than him.
The second debate between Biden and Trump is scheduled for September 10. The US presidential elections will be held on November 5.