Data Points: Presidential Campaign Spending
Barack Obama's $150 million September fundraising total is over a fifth of the total amount of money all the presidential candidates spent in the 2004 election.
$150 million: Obama's fundraising haul for September
$47 million: Amount that McCain had for spending between October 1 and Election Day
$345 million: Total spent by George W. Bush in the 2004 election
$310 million: Total spent by John Kerry in the 2004 election
$717.9 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 2004
$343.1 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 2000
$239.9 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1996
$192.2 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1992
$210.7 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1988
$103.6 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1984
$92.3 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1980
$66.9 million: Total spending by presidential candidates in 1976
Sources: OpenSecrets.org (Bush data, Kerry data), Associated Press
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parties' spending per presidential election
Where can I find out what each party spent per presidential election in each election since 1960?
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If he can raise this much money for an election campaign; imagine what he could do for the country. Imagine what his ideas could do for our economy, jobs and health care.
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