Trump raises $105 million, much of it in small donations
President Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee on Tuesday said they had raised $105 million in the second quarter of this year, outraising President Barack Obama in the equivalent period during his re-election campaign in 2012 and signaling that Mr. Trump will have vastly more resources than he did in 2016.
The campaign and the R.N.C. said they had a combined $100 million in cash on hand, and that they had raised more money online in the second quarter than in the first half of 2018. Mr. Trump and his committees raised $54 million, they said, and the R.N.C. raised $51 million. The staggering figure can be plowed into television and digital advertising, get-out-the-vote efforts and other activities related to the 2020 election.
Campaign officials said they received 725,000 individual donations online, with supporters giving an average of $48. In some cases, they said, people may have donated more than once.
An R.N.C. official said the small-dollar enthusiasm for Mr. Trump was something unprecedented in Republican politics, and noted that for the first time ever, the R.N.C. attracted a larger share of donations under $200 than the Democratic National Committee. [Continue reading…]