Enthusiastic donors, many in California, swelled Joe Biden's campaign accounts this summer, and he headed into the fall with a huge financial advantage over Trump.
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for contradicting his rosy projections for a coronavirus vaccine. And the president continued to undermine mail-in voting, adding to the potential for election chaos amid a pandemic.After each episode, Westly said, his phone started ringing, with even unlikely Biden donors looking to give more.
Trump campaign and GOP officials say the Biden cash advantage is over-hyped because it doesn’t reflect voter excitement more broadly.“Enthusiasm is with Trump,” Trump campaign spokesman Tim Martaugh tweeted. “Biden excites no one.” He wrote that volunteers had made more than 102 million voter contacts and “we’ll have 2x or 3x the cash as in 2016.” The campaign’s $325 million, Martaugh added, puts it in a “strong position.
The former vice president has focused on raising money through Zoom, an effort that was balky at first but grew into a huge success. The flexibility and efficiencies of virtual fundraising enabled Democrats to deploy their deep bench of Hollywood celebrities, rock stars and political luminaries far more widely than in past fundraising sprints — for more events, with more big names, at little cost to the campaign.
For the major donors accustomed to seeing candidates in person, the campaign made tweaks, such as adding a virtual photo line. “We had each participant on the call introduce themselves to the principals, say something about themselves and their concerns,” he said. “We went around the room; everyone got to see and be seen before we had the general remarks and Q&A.”
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