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Thursday
Feb252010

$1.1 Billion And Counting

DateThursday, February 25, 2010 at 5:54PM

 

The financing of U.S. campaigns is a perpetually fascinating topic for anybody folowing politics. As we are approaching the 2010 midterm election cycle, I thought it would be a good time to begin looking at the numbers. It seems that I am a little late to the party however as this election cycle began in earnest quite a while ago, as you can see from the ticker above.

To add some context to the figure you see above:

  • The 2008 Presidential election cost $2.24 billion
  • The total cost of the 2008 elections was $5.29 billion
  • We are eight months away from the 2010 election

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