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The Cost of the 2012 U.S. Elections

The Cost of the The 2012 U.S. elections will be 2012 U.S. Elections the costliest in history, with a projected total of almost $6 billion dollars. Where does this money come from and how is it spent? *ALl figures in U.S. dollars All numbers based on Federal Election Commission data released on October 1st 2012 democrats republicans TOTAL COST PER PARTY 2000 $1.3 B $1.6 B 2004 $2.1 B $1.9 B 2008 $3 B $2.2 B PROJECTED 2012 TOTAL: $508 M $1.8 B $956 M $2.5 B OUTSIDE MONEY $5.8 B CONGRESSIONAL PARTIES PRESIDENTIAL Barack Obama Mitt Romney 2012 CAMPAIGN FUNDS $88.7 M CASH ON HAND $50.4 M $2.9 M DEBTS $15 M $432 M RAISED $279.3 M $345.7 M $228.9 M SPENT How's the money spent? Administrative D SATES *All Other $435k $159.9 M Media GOD WE $257 M Campaign Expenses $80.2 M LIBER DOLLAN Fundraising Contributions $70.2 M $8.4M $891 K TOP CONTRIBUTORS $703.7 K $662.7 K $667 K $649.8 K $544.4 K $554 K $526 K $431.8 K $396.5 K JP MORGAN BANK OF CHAS & CO AMERICA SACHS UNIVERSITY MICROSOFT GOOGLE HARVARD US CREDIT MORGAN GOLDMAN OF CALIFORNIA CORP INC UNVERSITY GOVERNMENT SUISSE STANLEY GROUP TOP CONTRIBUTING States *blue for democrats and red for republicans $24 M $17.8 M NEW YORK $11M $39 M MASSACHUSSETS $12 M ILLINOIS $7.6M VIRGINIA CALIFORNIA $23.8 M $10 M $18 M TEXAS FLORIDA $19 M $34.8 M $36.2 M TOP CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRIES $18.6 M $15.8 M $12.5 M $9.2 M $6.4 M $8.9 M $6 M $5.6 M LAWYERS & RETIRED SECURITIES & INVESTMENT HEALTH REAL MISC. BUSINESS SERVICES EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS LAW FIRMS ESTATE FINANCE TOP CONTRIBUTORS BY SCctor $1.3 M AGRIBUSINESS $4 M $13.6 M COMMUNICATIONS/ $4.3 M ELETRONICS $2.6 M CONSTRUCTION $5.5 M $658,450 DEFENSE $584,861 ENERGY & $1.5 M O $6.3 M NATURAL RESOURCES $14.4 M FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE $39.5 M $11.3 M HEALTH $9 M LAWYERS & LOBBYSTS $10 M $18.8 M $833,782 TRANSPORTATION $3.4 M MISC BUSINESS D $17 M $14.9 M $168,488 11 LABOR $1000 IDEOLOGICAL / $9 M $4.6 M SINGLE-ISSUE DISCLOSURE of funds 84,6% FULL 78.9% $173.7 M $171.3 M 11,4% $23 M 7.1% $15.5 M INCOMPLETE 4% NO DISCLOSURE 14% $8.5 M $30.4 M REFERENCES CREDIT SEASON www.opensecrets.org © 2012 CreditSeason.com wwW.CREDITSEASON.COM AMERICA ** * ** * *

The Cost of the 2012 U.S. Elections

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Have you ever asked yourself how much the our Elections cost? Well, here are the numbers, and they are staggering. The 2012 U.S. elections are projected to have a total cost of $5.8 billion, a 7% incr...

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