Harris fundraising blows past $500 million—and inspires major action

Kamala Harris’ campaign announced Sunday that it had racked up $540 million in donations over its first month—an amazing number. But the $82 million that came in during last week’s Democratic National Convention shows that the campaign is maintaining the momentum and excitement that greeted the vice president’s late entry into the race after President Joe Biden stepped aside on July 21.

Just as exciting is the number of regular people who have signed on to become personally involved in seeing Harris elected the next president of the United States. Over 400,000 people have signed on as volunteers, according to the Harris-Walz campaign. During the week of the DNC alone, volunteers signed up for 200,000 shifts of campaign work. Based on an estimate from Independent Sector, those hours of unpaid work represent the equivalent of another $53 million coming in over that one week.

But really, those unpaid workers are priceless. Because all the television ads and social media posts in the world can’t match the value of genuine Harris supporters bringing their personal message to potential voters and delivering it one-on-one.