On August 26, Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and officially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president. This not only marks an important step forward in her presidential campaign, but also makes it harder to predict who will ultimately win the 2024 election.

Harris's campaign team announced last Sunday that since Biden withdrew and she took over the campaign, she has raised an astonishing $0.54 billion in just over a month, surpassing Trump's fundraising speed.

According to a memo released by Harris's campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, the $0.54 billion raised includes $82 million raised during the Democratic National Convention, demonstrating the party's support and expectations for her.

"This is the most raised in any presidential campaign in the same amount of time." the statement said.

In addition, according to a federal disclosure filing released last week, Harris's major fundraising group raised four times as much money in July as Donald Trump's fundraising efforts.

Harris's campaign team reported to the Federal Election Commission that they raised $0.204 billion last month, while the primary fundraising group of Republican candidate and former President of the United States, Donald Trump, reported a figure of $48 million to the FEC. This money includes funds raised for the campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and joint fundraising committees.

However, Harris's fundraising composition in July was unique. After President Biden announced his withdrawal from the race on July 21 and supported Harris to take over, she quickly took over Biden's nearly $100 million campaign funds. However, Harris's strength should not be underestimated: she raised a record-breaking $81 million within 24 hours of her candidacy and raised $0.2 billion in the first week.

And on the other hand, Harris' expenses are also higher than Trump's, totaling $81 million and $24 million, respectively. Overall, as of the end of July, Harris' campaign team had $220 million in cash, while Trump's campaign team had $151 million in cash.

At the same time, the situation in the U.S. election is still very tight and it is impossible to predict who will win. In various polls, Trump and Harris are still evenly matched. In the next week, Harris and her running mate Wahlz will embark on a bus tour in southern Georgia to campaign.

In the national average poll tracked by The Hill / Decision Desk HQ, Harris' lead is not significant, with a support rate of 49.5%, while Trump has a support rate of 45.9%.

Former U.S. President Obama also commented last week that "in this deeply divided country, it will still be a closely contested election." Goldman Sachs predicts that Harris will ultimately win the November election, but will become a "lame duck president", meaning the Democratic Party will win a "divided government".

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