How to Travel Like a President

HOW TO TRAVEL LIKE A PRESID ENT We took a look at the past four months of travel along the campaign trail - breaking down campaign costs, states visited, modes of travel - right down to how much coffee the candidates and their teams consumed on the road. Our analysis doesn't reveal who will end up in the Oval Office, but it does show that both these candidates travel like winners. Hit the * TRAIL * Visited during Sept. Repeat visits pinned once 37 OBAMA 22 rallies 15 events 29 ROMNEY 19 rallies 10 events PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES 1. Oct 3 The University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Oct 11 Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 2. oct 16 Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 3. Oct 22 Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida Visit * OFTEN * Total number of visits to states Jun - Sep 2012 Most visited state OHIO welcomes You $4.3M 18 26 $6.4M Total state Total state campaign donation Visits Visits campaign donation 1-4 5-9 10-19 20+ Total campaign donations by state Up to 20th Sep 2012 50M 40M 30M 20M 10M .. i. AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Lallilu l lL. Largest state donor Visits Total state campaign donation Welcome to CALIFORNIA 8 7 $51.7M $25.2M California Travel in * STYLE * Flight details: Mr B Obama Flight details: Mr M Romney AIR FORCE ONE "HAIR FORCE ONE" Boeing 747-20OB jet Nicknamed by Ann Romney McDonnell-Douglas 83 231' 5" 147' 11" Has a workout room, office, conference room & dining room Was used as tour plane for U2 Capacity: 76 Passengers Capacity: 65 VIP Passengers FFFF 5555355 똑 77477 Range: 7,850 miles Range: 2,750 miles equal to a equal to a non-stop flight non-stop flight from Seattle to from New York to Cape Town Miami Cost Per Hour: $ 179,750 Cost Per Hour: $ 12,928 Includes associated security & equipment costs Based on average rental price Some of Romney's earlier planes + 48' 5"+ + 48' 3" + + 47' 7"+ HAWKER 400XP LEARJET 35 CESSNA 525C $44,104 $38,356 $18,114 Coach ticket: Mr B Obama Coach ticket: Mr M Romney GROUND FORCE PREMIERE ONE TRANSPORTATION Campaign tours: Campaign tours: Betting on Every Town America Counts The Middle Class Under the B Bus Tour Romney's Plan For A Stronger Middle Class Total days on the road : 2 Total days on the road : 11 Stay * CLASSY * Favorite hotels Jun - Sep 2012 HYAT. Marriot $6,832.90 $226,017.73 Westin Hotel Peachtree Boston Harbor Hotel $3,310.22 $6,479.50 Hilton Beverly The Brazilian Court Hotel $1,198.34 $1,703.48 Hotel Marlowe $1,327.63 Fairmont Hotel San Jose $813,88 Eat on the GO Pizza, coffee and bagels eaten Jun Sep 2012 bagels coffee pizza pizza coffee bagels $517 $1,016 $562 $4,161 $1,628 $427 Foot the * BILL * Campaign Travel Costs by Month Jun - Sep 2012 $84M Monthly $66M Campaign $59M $58M Spending $45M Monthly Travel $33M $28M Spending $16M $4.6M $0.3M $1.2M $0.5M $1.7M $0.8M $1.7M $1.4M 0.67% 7.5% 0.86% 6.07% 1.36% 5.15% 1.67% 6.97% % of monthly travel cost in relation to monthly campaign spending JUN JUL AUG SEP Brought to you by FLIPKEY by otripadvisor Sources http://query.nictusa.com/pres/ (FEC). New York Times . http://www.factcheck.org/2011/07/the-traveling-president/ http://pinterest.com/thinkprogress/private-jets-of-the-romney-campaign/. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/candidate-tracker http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/mitt-romney-paul-ryan-gets-their-wings-candidates-to-fly-on-official-campaign-planes-friday/ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/01/mitt-romney-flies-u25-plane-paul-ryans-aircraft-is-as-old-as-he-is/ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/obama-bus-rolls-across-ohio-with-presidential-seal/