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Total Cost of Us Elections

The total cost of U.S. elections has steadily increased over the past 12 years according to data from OpenSecrets.org. Spending on elections reached over $7 billion in 2012, more than doubling the $3 billion spent in 2000. Both congressional and presidential race spending contributed to this growth, with presidential races accounting for around $2 billion and congressional races around $3 billion in 2012.

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Total Cost of Us Elections

The total cost of U.S. elections has steadily increased over the past 12 years according to data from OpenSecrets.org. Spending on elections reached over $7 billion in 2012, more than doubling the $3 billion spent in 2000. Both congressional and presidential race spending contributed to this growth, with presidential races accounting for around $2 billion and congressional races around $3 billion in 2012.

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Total Cost of U.S.

Elections
$7,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000
Amount

$3,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$0

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

Year
Total Cost of Election

Congressional Races

*source https://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/

Presidential Races

2012

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