Joe Biden's campaign is raising a lot more money than Donald Trump's campaign

Olivier Simard-Casanova

22 Apr 2024 — 2 min read

Figure 1 is an interesting plot shared on Bluesky by Jacob T. Levy. It shows the cumulative total of funds raised by the campaigns of Donald Trump (in red) and Joe Biden (in blue), in 2020 (dotted line) and 2024 (solid line), between 600 days before Election Day and Election Day.

Funds are donated by individuals and organizations. In the U.S., both organizations and corporations can finance political campaigns.

The plot, taken from a New York Times article, shows several notable facts.

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