Just one day after President Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, Democratic fundraising group ActBlue raised $100 million from donors using its primary platform.
According to a live tracker managed by Ryan Murphy from The Marshall Project, the total amount raised by ActBlue over the past two days highlights the organization’s fundraising efforts ahead of required disclosures. This figure, while unofficial and based on ActBlue’s own tracking since 2004, offers an early glimpse into the group’s financial activities.
On Sunday, donors contributed $66.9 million to launch Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, making it the largest single-day fundraising total for the 2024 cycle recorded by ActBlue. The previous high point for donations was on September 30, 2020, during the first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.
With the recent surge in donations, ActBlue has now accumulated $14 billion in total funds since its establishment two decades ago, in stark contrast to WinRed, the Republican fundraising platform that has raised approximately $4.3 billion since it began in late 2019.
ActBlue expressed excitement about the influx of new small-dollar donors, stating on social media that many had made their first-ever contributions in the last day.
Additionally, Future Forward, a super PAC aligned with Biden, secured $150 million in new commitments from major donors within 24 hours of his announcement, while Swing Left raised over $160,000 in the same timeframe to support the eventual Democratic nominee.
Roger Altman, founder of Evercore, indicated on Monday that Harris’s campaign will be well-funded, noting support from prominent Democratic donors like George and Alex Soros.
Historically, Biden’s strongest fundraising days have followed his public debates against Trump; he raised approximately $28 million in the 24 hours after a debate on June 27. Post-Trump’s felony conviction on charges, Biden raised $19.2 million in subsequent days, while Trump’s campaign reported $69 million in donations from the day of his conviction to the following day, leading to temporary issues on his campaign website. Trump’s affiliated super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., raised $70 million that same month.
From April to June, pro-Biden groups collected $332.4 million, compared to $431.2 million for pro-Trump groups. By the end of June, Biden had $281 million in funds available, while Trump had $336.2 million.