It has been a dream come true for the Democratic Party and vice-president Kamala Harris, in particular. After President Joe Biden’s announcement that he had decided to pull out of the election race and endorse his VP as the democratic candidate, the party’s machinery swung into swift donation action.

Many top donors, who had previously announced they were closing their wallets unless Biden resigned, reached for their chequebooks, helping Harris into the record books as she amassed $81m in just 24 hours...

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