Despite rigorous efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to step up their fundraising goals and political infrastructure, the team was lagging behind Hillary Clinton by $42 million in August, Politico reported.
Overcoming turbulent times after a chaotic nomination convention in July, the Trump campaign, two supportive super PACs and the Republican National Committee, garnered $70 million with support from small donors.
Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign — an allied super PAC and the Democratic National Committee — sailed through with a solid sum of $112 million in August, raising money mostly through major donors.
While Trump's team enters this month with almost $96 million in the bank, Clinton started with $121.4 million, according to a Bloomberg report.
The analysis from the Federal Election Commission excludes joint fundraising committees and fundraising hauls from some supportive super PACs as their financial reports are filed quarterly. But the report sheds light on the contrasting strategies employed by both presidential candidates and their allies.
The joint fundraising committee created by Trump in partnership with the RNC, have as much as $47 millions in their account, set aside $12 million to the RNC and $20 million to Trump.
The transfer to Trump is a significant one as this was the first time he received such a large amount of his cash that way.
Clinton, on the other hand, received $31.4 million from her own joint fundraising vehicle while the Democratic National Committee received $12 million.
Trump's campaign, which has now adopted a new leadership, has opted for implementing a more conventional operation under its new leadership.
"The campaign spent serious money — $5.3 million — on paid media in August, most of which went through Rick Reed Media, though $718,000 went through Jamestown Associates, the firm of his then-new senior communications adviser Jason Miller. That was dwarfed by the $32.7 million that Clinton paid her media buyer, GMMB, in August," the report said.
Trump spent around $1 million on field consultants, which was up from $432,000 in July. His campaign's staff shot up to 140 people from 84 in the previous month. Their total payroll too saw a surge to $643,000 from $392,000.
However, that still trailed Clinton's 789-person, $3.3 million payroll.
Despite the similar August fundraising totals, the Democrats burned through far more cash, leaving the party with just $11.5 million available as of Sept. 1, compared to the GOP's nearly $41 million, according to The Associated Press.
Both presidential nominees have been working to raise money for their respective parties — which in turn devote resources to help their White House bids.
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