Former US President Donald Trump’s net worth has risen sharply this month, from $4 billion in early October to $8 billion on Tuesday. according to forbes‘Tracking real-time billionaires, Mr Trump is now the 357th richest person in the world. His fortunes brightened as shares of his social media company rose to their highest level since June 5. Trump Media & Technology Group closed Tuesday at $51.51, up nearly 9%.
Trump Media’s stock rise has nothing to do with the company’s financial performance; Instead, it has moved forward with Mr Trump’s chances of winning the election. forbes,
Notably, most polls find Republican leader and Vice President Kamala Harris nearly tied in seven battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election, and major election forecasts show the race is a tight one.
according to cnn In Arizona, Ms Harris has 48% support among likely voters, while Trump has 47% support, according to the survey. In Nevada, Mr Trump is slightly ahead with 48%, while Ms Harris leads with 47%. These narrow margins are within the poll’s margin of error, indicating no clear candidate in any state.
According to the latest presidential forecast hill, Mr Trump bested Ms Harris with 54% support and the latter with 46% support. The former president holds slight leads in five of the six swing states – Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – while Ms Harris has a slight lead in Michigan. However, the difference remains within the normal polling error, as reported Hill.
Although national polls are useful guides to how popular a candidate is across the country, they are not the best way to predict an election outcome. Polls are designed only to broadly explain how the public feels about a candidate or issue, not to predict the outcome of an election.
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Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’s net worth, along with her husband Doug Emhoff, is currently $8 million, according to forbes Estimates published in May this year. “This is nearly 20 times the average net worth of Americans in their age group,” the report said.
According to the outlet, Ms. Harris has become “rich” since becoming US Vice President in 2021 (her net worth was $7 million in 2021). However, joining US President Joe Biden in the presidential race had no impact on Harris’ bank account.