Harris campaign enjoys record-breaking first week

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign smashed all kinds of records in the first 48 hours, and the momentum—and record-breaking—hasn’t flagged since. The grassroots is energized. Small donors are swarming to her. Big donors are flocking to her and the whole tenor of this fight to save our democracy has been infused with hope and enthusiasm and plain-old fun.

The money continues to pour in—more than $130 million by mid-week primarily from small donors. That more than doubled the $96 million cash on hand the Biden-Harris campaign had at the end of June. 

Where some of that money is coming from is even fun—all those campaign Zoom calls, each of which has broken previous participant and money records. It started with Win with Black Women on Sunday, with 44,000 participants and $1.6 million raised. Then on Monday, Win With Black Men built on that with over 40,000 participants, netting about $1.3 million.