The 2014 election cost $3.7 billion. We spend twice that much on Halloween.
Via The Washington Post
It’s become fashionable in politics to decry the role money plays in the process. And, there’s no question that a big part of being a candidate is asking people for money. But, it’s also worth putting just how much money elections cost — $3.7 billion for the 2014 election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics — into some context. And when you do that, it doesn’t seem like all that much.
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