Former US President Donald Trump’s fortune has grown exponentially this month, from less than $4 billion in early October to $8 billion on Tuesday. According to Forbes‘ real-time billionaires tracker, Mr Trump is now the 357th richest person in the world. His fortune grew as shares of his social media company hit their highest level since June 5. Trump Media & Technology Group closed nearly 9% higher at $51.51 on Tuesday.
Trump Media’s stock rise appears to be unrelated to the company’s financial performance; instead, it has gone according to expectations that Trump will win the election Forbes.
Notably, most polls show Republican leader and Vice President Kamala Harris virtually tied in the seven battleground states expected to determine the outcome of the election, and major election forecasts suggest the race is a toss-up.
According to the CNN According to the Arizona poll, Ms. Harris has 48% support among likely voters, while Trump has 47%. In Nevada, Mr. Trump leads slightly with 48%, compared to 47% for Ms. Harris. These narrow margins fall within the poll’s margin of error, suggesting there is no clear frontrunner in either state.
According to the latest presidential prediction of The hill, Mr Trump is beating Ms Harris, with the former having 54% support and the latter 46%. The former president has a narrow lead in five of the six swing states (Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin), while Harris has a slight lead in Michigan. However, the gap remains within typical polling error, as reported by The hill.
While national polls are a useful indicator of how popular a candidate is across the country, they are not the best way to predict election outcomes. Opinion polls are only intended to explain broadly how the public feels about a candidate or an issue, not to predict the outcome of an election.
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Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’ net worth, along with her husband Doug Emhoff, currently stands at $8 million Forbes estimates published in May this year. “That’s roughly 20 times the average wealth of Americans in their age group,” the report said.
According to the newspaper, Harris had become “richer” since she became US vice president in 2021 (net worth was $7 million in 2021). However, replacing US President Joe Biden in the presidential race did not affect Harris’ bank account.