The Harris presidential campaign, by the numbers

Vice President Kamala Harris

Since President Joe Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign on Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the momentum around her candidacy just keeps growing. 

Let’s start with the enormous surge in grassroots donations to Harris, smashing all sorts of records. Her campaign pulled in $81 million in its first 24 hours. That includes:

• Over 888,000 grassroots donors.

• 60% of those donors were making their first contribution of the 2024 cycle.

• 43,000 donors signed up as recurring donors, with more than half pledging weekly donations.

• 1 Win With Black Women Zoom call on Sunday night, with over 44,000 participants, netting more than $1.5 million for the campaign.

That was just the first 24 hours. Look what happened next:

• $100-plus million in 48 hours.

• More than 1.1 million unique donors, including 62% first-time donors.

• 1 Win With Black Men Zoom call on Monday night, with over 40,000 participants, netting about $1.3 million for the campaign.

Then there are the endorsements. Here’s where she’s at so far:

• 23 governors (i.e., every Democratic governor).

• 43 senators.

• 191 representatives.

• At least 10 labor unions.

Oh, and probably Beyoncé, who allowed the Harris campaign to use her 2016 song “Freedom” at her first campaign meeting Monday.

What’s just as exciting is the response from volunteers:

• Over 28,000 people have signed up to volunteer—more than 100 times the average sign-ups per day for the erstwhile Biden-Harris campaign.

How about her progress toward the nomination?

• 2,887 delegates, nearly a thousand more than she needs to secure the nomination.

Criminal convictions? 

• 0

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