Kamala Harris raises more than double the donations of Donald Trump

Kamala Harris trounced Donald Trump’s fundraising efforts last month with a $310 million (£242 million) donation haul.

The Democratic candidate beat her Republican rival, whose campaign raised £108 million ($138.7 million) in July, the same month he survived an assassination attempt and announced JD Vance as his running mate.

Ms Harris, who officially secured her party’s nomination on Friday, entered August with a $377 million war chest.

Her campaign described it as the most for any presidential candidate in history at this point in the cycle, which exceeded the $327 million Trump’s team announced it had on hand.

In a campaign email sent to supporters on Friday, Ms Harris said the 12 days since Joe Biden stepped down and she announced her election bid had been “incredibly inspiring”.

Noting the vast donation haul, she said: “The enthusiasm is real, the momentum is shifting, and Donald Trump is feeling the heat.”

Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Ms Harris’s campaign manager said: “The tremendous outpouring of support we’ve seen in just a short time makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilised, growing, and ready to put in the work to defeat Trump this November.”

“Our money is going to the work that wins close elections.”

Trump’s totals for July were boosted by an assassination attempt against the former president during a rally in Pennsylvania, which galvanised some of his fiercest supporters, and by his selection of Mr Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.