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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Clinton's camp raises record 143 million USD in August

Xinhua, September 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign raised record 143 million dollars in August, her campaign team announced on Thursday.

Out of the total, around 62 million dollars went to the Clinton campaign, and roughly 81 million dollars was raised for the Democratic Party and state parties across the country through joint fundraising accounts, the Clinton campaign said in a news release.

"Thanks to the 2.3 million people who have contributed to our campaign, we are heading into the final two months of the race with the resources we need to organize and mobilize millions of voters across the country," said Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook.

"Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric continues to drive voters away from him and the Republican Party and has created new opportunities for Democrats up and down the ticket," he added.

The Clinton campaign began September with more than 68 million dollars on hand, while the Democratic Party's two other joint committees took in a combined 84 million dollars, according to a TheHill news daily report.

"These resources will help us to register and turnout millions of voters to elect progressive candidates across the country." said Mook.

National polls have tightened since the end of two major parties' national convention in late July, but Clinton maintains leads in almost all battleground states.

However, unpopularity rate remains high for Clinton, thanks to her exclusive use of a private email server as secretary of state and the allegations that donors to the Clinton Foundation enjoyed an easy access to Clinton during the same period.

The former secretary of state was viewed negatively by 59 percent of voters and her Republican rival Trump by 64 percent, according to the NBC News and the Survey Monkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll issued on Aug. 16. Enditem