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Buying the White House
Barack Obama's fundraising machine led an epic campaign season in which presidential candidates spent a whopping $1.7 billion, by far the most expensive election cycle ever and more than double the amount spent just four years ago. Of that number, $740.6 million came from Obama versus just $222.7 million from McCain. Despite only competing in the primaries, Hillary topped McCain by spending $250 million. Mitt Romney also boosted the totals by loaning his failed campaign $44.6 million of his own money.
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two of the many wonderful things about this election was that folks were enthusiastic enough to break records for both voting and spending money. the American people are abnormally engaged making analyst complaints about an indifferent electorate increasingly irrelevant. hope the commitment level remains high.
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