The first concerns the poll rating that Kamala Harris can expect after her election victory in Chicago. However, it will probably take some time before the data provides a definitive result.

Secondly, there is the amount of money that she and her running mate Tim Walz were able to collect. And here at least there is an answer that could be surprising.

Harris campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon announced on Sunday that $82 million was raised during the nearly week-long event. Adjusted for inflation, that is fewer than the $70 million Biden managed four years ago during a party convention in the midst of the Covid pandemic.

This figure is only slightly less than the $85 million that the Republicans raised at their rival convention in Milwaukee last month, which took place under unusual circumstances, namely immediately after the assassination attempt on candidate Donald Trump.

In total, Harris’ campaign has raised $540 million since her July 21 election declaration, with a third of that coming from first-time donors, suggesting Harris is reaching voters Biden could not.

“This is the highest number seen in any presidential campaign during this period,” O’Malley Dillon said, according to a Reuters statement. Report.

The numbers cannot yet be independently verified, but both campaigns must provide monthly fundraising updates to the Federal Election Commission, meaning there is little incentive to be too relaxed with these estimates.

Campaigns flood Pennsylvania with ads

While national polls suggest Harris has a small lead over Trump, it is within the margin of error, and both have several paths to win the necessary 270 electoral college votes.

Most experts believe the ultimate winner will be the one who secures Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes by winning in deep purple communities like Erie County.

According to AdImpact data cited by CNN last week, both campaigns’ spending in the Keystone State since Harris entered the race last month far exceeds that of any other battleground state, and is about double that in Michigan and Georgia.

The economy is expected to play a major role again on Election Day. Many Americans Feeling poorer, even though the US economy has performed better than all comparable countries, giving rise to the term “vibecession”.

While Trump focuses on familiar issues such as extending the 2017 tax cuts and imposing a 60 percent tariff on imported goods from China, Harris counters with plans to tax unrealized capital gains of the super-rich and crack down on price gouging and “greedflation” by companies.