While a person can give a maximum of $5,600 to Trump’s campaign committee, a donor can legally give 103 times more in support of Trump’s reelection through the new joint fundraising arrangement. The number of state parties supported through Trump Victory could expand, raising the possibility that the maximum contribution could grow even larger. Trump and the RNC then set up their own joint effort, Trump Victory, asking donors for as much as $449,400 in 2016. Trump Victory raised $108 million in the 2016 election cycle. In comparison, then-President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raised roughly $220 million in 2011, the year before Obama’s reelection.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2020 23:55 UTC