President Joe Biden raised more than $71 million for his reelection campaign and the Democratic Party in the third fundraising quarter of the year, his campaign announced on Sunday, far outpacing former President Donald Trump and the rest of the GOP primary who have reported their results so far.

The president’s political operation with the Democratic National Committee ended the quarter with $91 million, the campaign said. Biden’s campaign did not disclose how that money was divided between the campaign and the party committee.

The president nearly met the $72 million that he raised in the first fundraising quarter this year, though that period was three weeks shorter since he launched his reelection in late April.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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    811 year ago

    Legalized bribes that are required to win an election.

    Greatest system ever, right there.

    • @[email protected]
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      Since citizens united this is sadly true. That said, the average contribution was $39. And 97% of the total came from contributions under $200.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        161 year ago

        Since citizens united this is sadly true.

        It was true before citizens united as well. Citizens united just formalized it.

    • @[email protected]
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      This is not even where the bribes flow. That’s through the PACs. This is almost entirely small, individual contributions from actual people who care more about their stake in society than smug cynicism.

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      My Modest Proposal is that we dispense with elections altogether, and elect people based on how much money they raise. All money raised, win or lose, goes directly to paying down the deficit. Any money spent on other things (ads, escorts, cocaine, legal bills, etc) doesn’t count. If a challenger doesn’t at least raise half the money that the victor raises, that party is disqualified from running a candidate again for the next office.

      One Dollar, One Vote, just as the Founders intended.

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        Elon Musk is elected President in this way, because he said “fuck it” and put in $50 billion, with Michael Bloomberg taking the VP spot. As President, by Executive order he decrees your taxes will be appropriated to fund his X-for-everything-app hobby project.

        If a “legal person” is allowed to become president then it’s President Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Google. VP Candidates are Nestle vs. Disney vs. Lockheed Martin.

        • @jordanlundM
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          Musk was born in South Africa and since he’s not a natural born citizen, is inelligble to be President.

          There was talk of changing that for both Henry Kissinger (German) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Austrian), but it never got off the ground.

          If we wouldn’t change it for them, we won’t change it for Musk.