The Republican national Committee gathered in the pre-election Fund of Donald trump’s $ 30 million for the first quarter of 2019. Now, the Fund campaign trump 2020 is $ 40.8 million, far more than any of the active presidential candidates of the Democrats.
The office of the President, located in Northern Virginia began to take active steps to raise funds before other candidates. According to him almost 99 percent of donations in the first quarter was in the amount of $ 200 or less, and the median contribution was just over $ 34. Trump also collects money from major donors, for example, holding events in San Antonio and Los Angeles this month. The most expensive ticket at the last event, entitling the donors at the round table with the President, cost $ 150 000.
The NY Times reports that the main costs trump while direct in advertising on such platforms as Facebook and Google. Campaign trump and joint Committee fundraising with the Republican national Committee spent nearly $ 11 million on advertising in Facebook in may 2018, according to the database of the company that hosts more than 190 000 different ads.
For example, the office of Obama at this stage of the race he had only $2 million And the trump in the last election, in the first quarter of 2015 has collected only $ 1.9 million, when than the $ 1.6 invested, in fact, out of pocket. Now the office, his election campaign has set an ambitious goal — to raise donations for $ 1 billion.
According to Bloomberg, the current candidates-Democrats in the asset now more modest amounts than trump:
- Bernie Sanders $ 18.2 million
- Kamala Harris the $ 12 million
- Beto O’rourke $ 9.4 million
- Pete Buttidzhich $ 7 million
- Elizabeth Warren’s $ 6 million
In the Democratic party, there is concern that trump will spend this year concentrating means, at the time, as Democrats are fighting among themselves in the primary stage, which is now involved in almost 20 candidates. Although, even the first five in the ranking of the active collector of the democratic candidates gathered for more than a trump, the funds are divided.
