2016 Campaign spending: final numbers

robeiae
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2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 7:58:08 GMT -5

Post by robeiae on Dec 12, 2016 7:58:08 GMT -5

www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-presidential-campaign-fundraising/

Lots of charts, lots of numbers. Good stuff.

The long and short of it:

Clinton spent $969 million, SuperPacs supporting her spent $215 million.

Trump spent $531 million, SuperPacs supporting him spent $86 million.

Trump ending up shelling out $66 million of his own money.

I find the SuperPac numbers fascinating, as that is where--supposedly--money was going to pour in and swing national elections. Didn't really work out that way, this time around.

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 10:14:11 GMT -5 Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 10:14:11 GMT -5 Clinton just paid off her 2008 primary campaign debt a couple of years ago, didn't she? Sad. Seriously, so much money. It boggles me.
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Don
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2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 12:30:29 GMT -5

Post by Don on Dec 12, 2016 12:30:29 GMT -5

Well, so much for Citizen's United spelling the end of democracy.

So almost two billion dollars blown on nothing productive in a battle over a job that pays what, $400,000 a year plus bennies? The system is seriously screwed up.

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robeiae Thaumaturge On a down bound train Posts: 6,692	2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 12:41:45 GMT -5 Post by robeiae on Dec 12, 2016 12:41:45 GMT -5 It's all about the sweet and sour shrimp, Don.
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Amadan
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2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 13:41:38 GMT -5

Post by Amadan on Dec 12, 2016 13:41:38 GMT -5

Dec 12, 2016 12:30:29 GMT -5 Don said:

Well, so much for Citizen's United spelling the end of democracy.

So almost two billion dollars blown on nothing productive in a battle over a job that pays what, $400,000 a year plus bennies? The system is seriously screwed up.

The White House may be the brass ring (or the "One Ring" as you're so fond of calling it), but there are a lot of other elections that are arguably more important. It's not all about who makes it into the Oval Office.

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Don
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2016 Campaign spending: final numbers Dec 12, 2016 17:05:31 GMT -5

Post by Don on Dec 12, 2016 17:05:31 GMT -5

I don't disagree, Amadan, but the election we're talking about is the one that just cost almost $2 billion to contest and earned the victor the paltry paycheck.

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Economics puts parameters on people’s utopias. ~Peter Boettke
"It's the voter's fault" is victim-blaming in its purest sense. ~Don
The 'social contract' is to the politician what 'original sin' is to the priest. ~Don
The vision of the helpful and protective state is the most pervasive and counter-productive ideology in the world today. ~Don
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