Infographic: The Unprecedented Cost of the 2012 Election
Author: Lucas Eaves
Created: 01 Dec, 2012
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Updated: 17 Oct, 2022●
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The 2012 election has been the most expensive election in the US history, costing more than $6 billion, $2.6 billion on the presidential election alone.
This number is so high that it is difficult to understand what it all went to. The following infographic, created by the eFinancial Resource Center, helps understand the costs of this election by comparing how much a vote for each candidates cost, as well as compares between the costs of this election and past historic elections.
Credit: http://efinancialresourcecenter.com/
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