Trump Closes Fundraising Gap with Clinton

“Donald Trump all but erased his enormous fund-raising deficit against Hillary Clinton in the span of just two months… converting the passion of his core followers into a flood of small donations on a scale rarely seen in national politics,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $64 million through a joint digital and direct mail effort in July, according to his campaign, the bulk of it from small donations. All told, Mr. Trump and his party brought in $82 million last month, only slightly behind Mrs. Clinton, and ended with an enormous pool of $74 million in cash on hand, suggesting he might now have the resources to compete with Mrs. Clinton in the closing stretch of the campaign.”