Former President Donald Trump appears to be further cementing his commanding front-runner status in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, thanks to another large quarterly fundraising haul.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s presidential campaign announced on Wednesday evening that it raked in a whopping $45.5 million during the July-September third quarter of 2023 fundraising.<\/p>\n
The former president\u2019s political team also reported over $37.5 million in their campaign coffers as of the end of last month.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s fundraising the past three months is up from the roughly $35 million he brought in during the April-June second quarter of fundraising, which nearly doubled his haul from the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Q3 numbers are even more impressive considering the Summer months are usually when most campaigns experience lagging fundraising support. President Trump and his campaign have completely shattered that notion,\u2019 the campaign touted in an email release.<\/p>\n
With three and a half months to go until the Iowa caucuses kick off the 2024 GOP presidential nominating calendar, Trump is leagues ahead of his large field of challengers in the latest national polling and crucial early state surveys.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s lead expanded over the spring and summer as he made history as the first former or current president in American history to be indicted for a crime. Trump\u2019s four indictments \u2014 including in federal court in Washington D.C. and in Fulton County court in Georgia on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss \u2014 have only fueled his support among Republican voters in both polling and fundraising.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 campaign reported a $15 million fundraising haul the past three months. But DeSantis figures were down from the $20 million he brought in during the second quarter of fundraising.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s campaign, in their release, took aim at DeSantis for what they described as an \u2018exponential drop\u2019\u00a0in the governor\u2019s fundraising.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fundraising, along with polling, is a key metric in determining a candidate\u2019s strength and grassroots appeal. Fundraising dollars can be used to build up candidate\u2019s campaign structure, grassroots outreach, and get out the vote efforts, and to pay for travel and ads.<\/p>\n
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