I’m just curious. Does anyone know how expensive the 2012 Presidential election was? I’m talking Primaries, debates, advertising, the whole thing from start to finish? Google is giving me contradictory figures. Cheers.
Are you asking how much it costs to hold a general election across the U.S., or how much all the candidates and parties and PACs and all that spent campaigning?
I don’t know how much the 2012 election cost though I’m sure there are numbers out there somewhere. What I do know is this current election is projected to be the most expensive yet with some mainstream estimates saying nearly a billion dollars will be spent overall, which I’m assuming includes both primaries and general election.