Republican Party has nearly five times more cash on hand than the Democrats
Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Congress Center in the National Port, at the National Port.
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The Republican National Committee has almost five times the money at hand as a democratic equivalent, as the Democrats tried to regain their foundations after the 2024 cycle that created disappointment.
RNC reported that it was $ 72 million at the end of May compared to only $ 15 million for DNC. offer application Friday.
According to the Democratic National Committee, the RNC gains a cash advantage for months, while the $ 57 million gap is the widest inequality between the two sides since July 2020. California target book Rob Pyers.
Still early, but GOP’s cash advantage can provide an early support to the party because it tries to create a campaign infrastructure before the next year’s midterm exams.
“The most important thing that DNC can do and do now,” the most important thing that DNC can do now, “Democratic Strategist Adrienne Elrod CNBC said. He said.
Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, applications are coming because DNC has faced internal tension.
At the beginning of this month, the leaders of the two great workers’ unions rejected their candidacy to continue to serve the committee and put a blow to the chair Ken Martin.
Martin also supervised the internal divisions of David Hogg, Vice President of EX-DNC, to challenge democratic officials. Hogg resigned from his role in the middle of this month in the middle of Backlash.
Some democrats say the donation gathering gap underlines the deeper concerns within the party.
“The base of the party and the donors does not rely on the direction of the party,” Cooper Teboe, a democratic strategist in the Silicon Valley, said. Teboe said the party did not offer a “positive, inspiring vision”.
However, the DNC indicates an increase in base support.
The party said that Martin had collected approximately 40 million dollars, a record for this four -month period, for chairing in February. According to the DNC, contributions go to a series of areas, including “creating critical infrastructure from technology, organizing in -state investments for critical, target races”.
“This is just the beginning, but a record -breaking start that allows the democrats to make a significant investment in all parts of the country,” Martin said in a statement. He said.
The DNC’s war fund is roughly couple In 2017, what he kept in the same period argues that it was time for them to grow up.
“Martin, Martin, to invest in all of the 50 states and to regain the White House in 2028 to build the necessary infrastructure, but it is necessary, but only by collecting money.” He said.
When we look forward, Teboe said that the Democrats could be successful in the next year’s midterm exams, “Trump may be successful as a reaction to their excessive access, but will receive a new generation of sounds to remove the party from this chaos.”
“These voices will emerge in the primary 2028 and we will have the chance to rebuild a stronger democratic party except for the influence of the old guards who cannot understand what motivates normal Americans.” He said.
The advantage of the Republicans comes after the 2024 election cycle Tesla Founding Elon Musk poured about $ 300 million to help choose Republicans.
Musk’s increase in donation, which will help to choose Trump, certainly put a little bit of pressure on the rest of the party’s donation collection device.
If RNC had not been for the millions of Musk, it is not clear what he might have decided to pay for last year’s elections.
Musk said he would do it last month “much less“Political expenditures in the future.
How Trump will use is also unclear Millions of people raised A group of PACs since he won the November elections.
If Trump chooses to donate to republican candidates and to issue votes next year, the RNC may be less pressure than the DNC.
However, Trump’s financial support was not traditionally aimed at helping the party in general. On the contrary, Trump contributed relatively small amounts to help to choose his closest allies.
In addition, in some cases, he played an important role in the Republican primary races that support the MAGA candidates who struggled to gain the support of moderate republicans and independent voters.
