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Donald Trump raised more than $160 million in September

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By Evaristo Lara

03 Oct 2024, 2:55 PM EDT

The campaign of Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, announced that During the ninth month of the year, it managed to raise more than $160 million dollars through donations.

Through a statement, the 78-year-old Republican’s work team indicated that, When there is just over a month left for the majority of citizens to go to vote, they have $283 million dollars in cash to use them to strengthen their image and make their message reach all the states of the country.

During September, the New York tycoon obtained almost 2.5 million donations of less than $200 dollarswhich represents 96% of the total contributions.

Based on it, The average donation amount was $60.

Compared to the previous month, Trump’s magnet of attraction allowed him to get $30 million more.

In this regard, Brian Hughes, senior advisor to the former president’s campaign, thanked the citizens who continue to support him through their pockets.

“President Trump continues to inspire millions of everyday Americans to join his America First movement and help fuel the campaign with their hard-earned money.

These supporters have allowed us to raise the funds we need as we approach the final weeks of the campaign.

“Our momentum continues to grow thanks to supporters and donors across the country as we approach the final stretch toward victory,” he said.

Donald Trump has allocated less money to purchasing advertising compared to the spending made by his opponent. (Credit: Matt Slocum/AP)

According to Ad Impact, a company dedicated to ad tracking, The closeness of the presidential race is also reflected in the large amount of money that citizens are contributing to their candidates who do not hesitate to allocate said resource to the purchase of advertising.

And an example of this is that the campaign The Democratic candidate has spent more in seven key states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina and Nevada.

Ad Impact also revealed that Kamala Harris has $301 million dollars reserved in ads campaign that will be projected over the next few days in the aforementioned entities; while Donald Trump also purchased advance publicity in exchange for $194 million.

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