Joe Biden ha Estado Lucando por obtener apoyo financiero pa su capana de reelección en 2024 con una campaña de recaudación de fondos que está poniedo a prueba el enthusiasmo de los desconfiados donantes demócrats.
El Presidente de los EE. Uuuuu. He has been trying to gain the largest amount of cash possible before the end of the second quarter to be able to start accumulating a war chest with a goal of more than $1 billion and discard fears of launching his candidacy for re-election in April. . start
En las ultimas dos semanas, biden ha tratado de atraer a donantes démócratas y eventos que van desde casas privadas y Silicon Valley y los Frandosos Suburbios de Chevy Chase, Maryland, Hasta il Salon de Baile de Un Hotel y Centro de Chicago.
El jueves, culminó su gira con un viaje a la ciudad de Nueva York for two fundraising events: one in an apartment on the Upper West Side and the other in an elegant cocktail bar in the center.
Los eventos en Nueva York expuzieron a algunos de los principals demócratas de Wall Street, desde Mark Gallogli de Centerbridge and Blair Efron de Centerview hata Peter Orsaj de Lazard, Jonathan Gray de Blackstone, Roger Altman de Evercore and Devin Parekh de Insight.
Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris and First Lady Jill Biden also toured the country to raise funds in another sign of the urgency of the campaign to fulfill the renewed fiscal objectives.
Some donors say that the Biden campaign has been pressuring them to compromise soon, but it has not always been easy. A pesar de sus importantes loguros legislations and la economy y su papel en la unión de Occidente en la guerra de Ukraina, existe inquietud por sus bajos indices de approval y su edad.
“Hay una gran inclinación de brazo para involurar a todos y expressar su apoyo al presidente”, dijo un importante donor democrata. “I love Joe Biden, I just worry that the signals are not good for his capacity to win.”
The poor performance of fundraising in the second quarter threatens to reinforce the concerns of some Democrats about the lack of enthusiasm for Biden’s candidacy among the traditional financial supporters of the party and its electoral base. El gran número puede disipar algunos de estos fears, dando al presidente, a los funcionadores del partido ya sus seguidores más confianza en que su candidación puede ser un éxito.
Some tickets for Biden’s fundraising events, including one of Chevy Chase’s events this week, are being offered for just $3,300 each, according to two Democratic donors, one of whom interpreted the low price as a signal. de que las cosas “no iban bien”. He said. . Pero otros boletos se vendiron por cantidades many mas altas.
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A spokesman for the Biden 2024 campaign said that he was “alentado por la respuesta más fuerte” that he was seeing “de los donantes y nuestros partidarios de base” compared to four years ago, and added that the president had contributed the last time. .
“Si bin los republicanos y maja se infrentan a politicas extreme, divisivas y impulares en las primarias, nos aceguramos de contar con los recursos para levar a cabo una campana fuerte y excitosa”, Dijo El Vocero.
The size of the Biden campaign will be announced in mid-July, when the Federal Election Commission publishes quarterly fundraising records for all candidates in the presidential race, including Republicans like Donald Trump and Ron.
Los Principales Asistantes de Campana del Presidente no Han Fijado públicamente una meta. In the second quarter of 2011, the year before his candidacy for re-election, Obama collected less than 50 million dollars. Biden’s campaign collected little more than $20 million at the same point in 2019 before his successful run in the following year.
Jim Messina, who served as Obama’s re-election campaign manager in 2012, said he had no doubts that Biden would finish achieving his objectives, especially with Trump in the center of the stage as the Republican candidate.
“I think that any concern about the ability to collect money that they need is una locura”, said Messina. Donald Trump es el cajero automático del Partido Demócrata si es su candidate, habra una explosion de recaudación de fondos”
“Todos intenden lo que está en juego en 2024”, dijo Efron de Centerview mientras presentaba a Biden en una recaudación de fondos en Nueva York el Juves.
Messina highlighted the important thing for Biden to reach joint fundraising agreements with the Democratic National Committee in the 50 states, which allow him to take advantage of the money the party has raised for his campaign. He said Obama only did it in 11 of the closest undecided states.
He also pointed out that while Obama prefers smaller and more intimate fund-raising events that require more money to attend, Biden prefers larger meetings that require lower ticket prices.
There are limits to what Biden can do or even must do on the road to money at this point in the race while in office, said Robert Wolf, former senior executive at UBS and one of the main fundraisers for Obama.
You will see the coverage of the season of primaries of the Republican Party every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. . . “It’s difficult to compete with that,” said Wolf.
Todavía no han sido courtejados agresivamente, dijo uno de los donantes democrats que utilidad pagar la campaña de Biden de de 2020 and pointed out that los eforts de caudación de fondos aún han comenzado. Biden still has not chosen a finance president for the 2024 campaign.
Pero Jesse Ferguson, un estratega demócrata con sede en Nueva York, dijo que el esfuerzo parece estar ganando terreno. “Ha pasado un ano y media. No Estamos a Toda Velocidad, y no deribémos estarlo, pero creo que los fundamentos son bastante buenos”
“Están en Camino de armar la campaign mas grande de la history”, said Ferguson, “y requirá recursorá en todo, desde la organization y las actividades de base hasta las main campaigns en los medias”.
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