Fundraising in the 2020 United States presidential election

Fundraising plays a central role in many presidential campaigns, and is a key factor (others include endorsements/messaging/visits/staffers) in determining the viability of candidates. Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter. Summaries of these reports are made available to the public shortly thereafter, revealing the relative financial situations of all the campaigns.

Post-General Filings Selected campaign-specific finance information from October 15, 2020 through November 23, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$112,374,093.52$103,299,383.2433.7%$0.00$272,860,138.48$1,559,941.94$0.00Donald Trump$183,459,477.50$142,807,180.0463.3%$0.00$208,652,006.62$18,417,435.62$0.00

Pre-General Filings Selected campaign-specific finance information from October 1, 2020 through October 14, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$130,013,969.71$70,040,659.49$0.00$145,227,282.18$162,045,986.90$0.00Donald Trump$43,582,193.49$43,351,464.2130.9%$0.00$63,086,991.61$43,609,964.74$1,222,022.11

September 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through September 30, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$281,630,846.85$163,578,908.1433.6%$0.00$284,997,958.56$177,259,299.37$0.00Donald Trump$81,316,675.57$68,362,769.7926.4%$0.00$139,293,985.71$63,114,762.86$1,361,669.81

August 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through August 31, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$212,181,474.13$159,816,208.4340.4%$0.00$130,356,943.29$180,626,411.08$0.00Donald Trump$61,750,338.20$45,982,615.2836.5%$0.00$61,204,784.71$121,096,473.00$902,625.69

July 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through July 31, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$72,043,919.83$32,067,973.1950.7%$0.00$64,517,980.90$120,550,919.51$250,289.80Joe Biden$49,559,775.33$48,227,331.5442.1%$0.00$59,675,371.23$98,801,880.24$0.00

June 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through June 30, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$63,415,235.34$63,235,084.2150.7%$0.00$36,926,212.05$108,917,476.14$0.00Donald Trump$55,241,473.36$29,759,500.3839.9%$0.00$50,339,702.29$113,024,980.58$629,582.32

May 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through May 31, 2020, according to the FEC.

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$36,995,099.74$36,915,763.9147.2%$0.00$11,669,246.73$82,428,452.85$0.00Donald Trump$24,945,223.43$14,103,529.5838.2%$0.00$24,501,838.40$108,123,209.51$240,512.39

April 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through April 30, 2020, according to the FEC.

Democrats April 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceJoe Biden$43,652,132.17$43,559,018.9136.8%$0.00$12,936,396.85$57,102,599.84$0.00Bernie Sanders$3,353,945.62$1,226,735.1248.5%$0.00$10,739,653.28$8790374.30$0.00

Republicans April 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$16,946,733.00$10,821,430.8544.9%$0.00$7,737,494.81$107,679,824.48$234,670.08

Key:Withdrew prior to end of month

March 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through March 31, 2020, according to the FEC.

Democrats March 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceMichael Bloomberg$125,922,834.78$61,187.8389.2%$0.00$175,374,861.39$11,179,585.13$14,789,537.40Bernie Sanders$32,957,436.50$32,784,637.4548.4%$0.00$35,474,911.29$16,176,081.96$0.00Pete Buttigieg$1,190,917.33$628,116.2445.8%$0.00$5,478,566.61$6,011,814.46$2,726,792.53Joe Biden$46,741,036.92$46,638,060.8442.3%$0.00$32,452,621.95$26,386,864.52$0.00Elizabeth Warren$5,963,127.40$4,962,897.1053.3%$0.00$12,556,256.67$4,534,179.96$1,295,995.55Amy Klobuchar$738,538.21$320,731.0747.0%$0.00$3,719,579.70$2,281,636.31$0.00Tulsi Gabbard$448,574.00$425,742.3743.4%$0.00$914,766.85$640,209.55$93,239.00

Republicans March 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$13,635,667.55$6,490,117.0242.1%$0.00$9,592,371.11$98,470,586.29$234,670.08Bill Weld$28,228.02$27,329.0241.0%$0.00$67,143.32$15,173.01$250,800.00

Key:Withdrew prior to end of month

February 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through February 29, 2020, according to the FEC.

Democrats February 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceMichael Bloomberg$472,079,917.67$0.00N/A$0.00$466,586,616.35$60,631,611.74$31,661,136.33Bernie Sanders$47,658,035.11$47,590,464.1251.3%$0.00$45,799,973.20$18,693,556.75$0.00Elizabeth Warren$29,451,722.16$29,405,330.8652.3%$0.00$20,624,393.03$11,127,309.23$302,461.74Amy Klobuchar$18,739,938.58$18,714,180.4748.0%$0.00$16,340,384.46$5,262,677.80$0.00Pete Buttigieg$18,550,797.04$18,381,024.7341.7%$0.00$14,882,623.76$10,299,463.74$0.00Joe Biden$18,102,510.80$18,070,282.7145.2%$0.00$13,110,560.33$12,098,449.55$0.00Tulsi Gabbard$946,831.56$892,085.3140.6%$0.00$1,850,477.57$1,106,402.40$0.00Michael Bennet$200,059.66$197,646.3647.3%$0.00$395,129.43$217,077.67$0.00Deval Patrick$190,749.69$190,377.1715.6%$0.00$844,482.73$388,088.84$400,000.00Tom Steyer$144,213.77$144,213.7749.2%$0.00$85,689,088.79 -$67,687,269.69$24,000.00

Republicans February 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$14,213,534.70$8,594,896.1945.8%$0.00$12,393,039.19$94,427,289.85$439,116.49Bill Weld$155,285.86$155,064.8536.0%$0.00$119,387.98$54,088.31$250,800.00Joe Walsh$2,635.03$2,635.0388.8%$0.00$5,041.76$1,941.33$332,225.24

Key:Withdrew prior to end of month

January 2020 Selected campaign-specific finance information through January 31, 2020, according to the FEC.

Democrats January 2020 CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceMichael Bloomberg$263,785,505.44$0.00N/A$0.00$220,620,861.64$55,138,310.42$47,933,276.11Tom Steyer$65,288,708.80$638,402.1849.4%$0.00$52,854,844.39$17,857,605.33$24,000.00Bernie Sanders$25,174,337.90$25,066,039.2053.1%$0.00$26,534,551.08$16,835,494.84$0.00Elizabeth Warren$11,030,669.06$10,406,657.1850.1%$400,000.00$22,445,998.02$2,299,980.10$400,000.00Joe Biden$8,908,526.96$8,881,609.9035.4%$0.00$10,747,841.73$7,106,499.08$0.00Andrew Yang$6,779,108.71$6,773,361.9840.6%$0.00$6,992,399.77$3,506,936.13$2,010.00Pete Buttigieg$6,219,398.15$6,159,200.5729.2%$0.00$14,107,183.62$6,631,290.46$0.00Amy Klobuchar$5,528,070.21$5,519,377.9944.2%$0.00$7,638,527.90$2,863,123.68$0.00Tulsi Gabbard$1,086,363.32$1,076,960.7238.7%$0.00$1,834,201.71$2,010,048.41$604,694.88Cory Booker$694,986.81$692,997.8650.8%$0.00$2,569,624.11$2,364,480.88$999,464.23Deval Patrick$601,319.85$601,319.856.5%$0.00$934,138.93$1,041,821.88$415,600.00John Delaney$491,301.07$19,669.5522.0%$0.00$518,370.45$112,811.86$11,408,250.00Michael Bennet$460,388.42$460,388.4241.6%$0.00$565,799.47$412,147.44$0.00Marianne Williamson$164,958.88$162,524.7345.5%$0.00$179,822.89$311,526.03$258,797.48Julian Castro$37,707.42$34,399.7461.0%$0.00$429,967.40$561,653.62$0.00

Republicans January 2020

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$6,408,982.13$6,300,050.9245.0%$0.00$16,587,891.98$92,606,794.34$309,116.49Bill Weld$141,354.62$114,070.6923.5%$15,000.00$159,915.76$18,190.43$250,800.00Joe Walsh$22,154.91$7,154.9177.6%$15,000.00$27,449.45$4,348.06$315,000.00

Key:Withdrew prior to end of month

4th Quarter 2019 Selected campaign-specific finance information through December 31, 2019, according to the FEC.

Democrats 2019q4

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceMichael Bloomberg$200,359,618.56$0.00N/A$0.00$188,385,951.94$11,973,666.62$32,937,687.22Tom Steyer$156,640,495.93$868,418.9973.2%$0.00$153,690,870.97$5,423,740.92$290,557.73Bernie Sanders$34,560,198.37$34,430,474.1952.1%$0.00$50,098,742.09$18,195,708.02$0.00Pete Buttigieg$25,199,606.22$24,736,433.8938.6%$0.00$34,062,538.39$14,519,075.93$0.00Joe Biden$23,253,468.37$23,201,033.9138.5%$0.00$23,295,282.33$8,945,813.85$0.00Elizabeth Warren$21,657,478.97$21,299,859.1753.2%$0.00$33,659,843.67$13,715,309.06$0.00Andrew Yang$16,542,147.49$16,518,824.3040.5%$0.00$19,186,562.88$3,720,227.19$2,010.00Amy Klobuchar$11,431,019.59$11,413,221.5245.2%$0.00$10,136,711.00$4,973,581.37$0.00Cory Booker$6,583,720.54$6,568,886.0146.2%$0.00$6,568,391.28$4,239,118.18$978,062.86Kamala Harris$3,943,842.50$3,733,619.5040.4%$0.00$13,067,123.21$1,419,411.02$1,073,364.92Tulsi Gabbard$3,524,311.60$3,485,325.8655.2%$0.00$2,904,915.88$2,757,886.80$281,905.90Julian Castro$2,638,781.53$2,633,124.7261.1%$0.00$2,357,201.42$953,913.60$0.00Deval Patrick$2,277,907.07$1,877,907.0710.8%$400,000.00$871,301.02$1,406,606.05$400,000.00Marianne Williamson$1,857,457.57$1,856,282.2541.3%$0.00$2,254,799.10$326,390.04$249,740.80Steve Bullock$1,135,302.92$1,130,007.5229.6%$0.00$2,378,434.92$122,761.62$0.00Michael Bennet$1,237,578.59$1,232,734.8530.6%$0.00$2,577,728.43$517,558.49$0.00John Delaney$1,406,514.85$134,831.5022.1%$815,000.00$1,814,694.47$139,881.24$11,408,250.00Beto O'Rourke$966,240.81$964,966.1036.8%$0.00$3,860,718.07$361,252.61$10,825.00Tim Ryan$26,116.52$23,934.5838.9%$0.00$184,161.68$303.76$0.00Joe Sestak$75,148.97$73834.0230.2%$0.00$276,133.49$3,576.66$0.00Wayne Messam$0.00$0.00N/A$0.00$10,107.30$12,538.06$81,875.50

Republicans 2019q4

CandidateMoney RaisedIndividual Contributions% UnitemizedLoans ReceivedMoney SpentCash On HandTotal DebtSourceDonald Trump$45,980,113.53$20,260,945.7944.5%$0.00$26,410,679.60$102,785,704.19$170,377.55Bill Weld$410,762.52$347,962.5228.2%$55,000.00$582,054.74$36,751.57$235,800.00Joe Walsh$245,123.67$45,123.6742.8%$200,000.00$350,910.77$9,642.60$300,000.00Mark Sanford$39,270.74$36,083.3226.2%$0.00$103,421.79$1,326,343.85$0.00

Key:Withdrew prior to end of quarter

3rd Quarter 2019 Selected campaign-specific finance information through September 30, 2019, according to the FEC.

Democrats 2019q3