US presidential race most expensive in history: study
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The 2004 US presidential election is set to smash all spending records according to an independent study, which estimates that more than a billion dollars will be spent on the race for the White House by election day.
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It&#39;s downright strange that the US presidential election campaign - easily the most important in decades â-as come to focus on what happened in a faraway boat during the course of a few minutes more than 30 years ago.
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Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton ended the first half of the year with more than $30 million each for the presidential primaries, a formidable financial performance for the two leading Democratic White House contenders.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 15  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the last two years, more than $29 million has flowed into campaign funds controlled by Chicago city officials and their challengers, and now it's easy for voters to identify the big contributors and see where the money is going.
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With the cost of the 2008 presidential campaign likely to top one billion dollars for the first time, the race for the White House is driven more than ever by candidates' quest for campaign cash.
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The domestic policy differences between the president and his Democratic challenger for the White House are dramatic and significant for U.S. states, who receive billions in federal dollars every year.
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The most expensive presidential advertising campaign in history closes Tuesday with President Bush, Sen. John Kerry, their political parties and allied groups having spent more than &#36;600 million.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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Blog: Small donors are having a significant impact on the amount of money that the Republican and Democratic candidates for president are raising.
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Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one. Tax-exempt pro-Democratic groups raising big checks for this year's election collected almost twice as much money as their Republican rivals in the presidential race, a study shows. The financial advantage comes in addition to record fund raising by Kerry, the unsuccessful candidate, and the Democratic Party.
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Ed in '08 is the richest lobbying effort targeting the presidential campaigns. Foundations run by Microsoft's Bill Gates and SunAmerica's Eli Broad have pledged up to $60 million for the organization, which is dedicated to getting the candidates to highlight education.
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More than 62 million US viewers tuned in to the first of three presidential debates in this year's election campaign, making it the most watched since 1992, according to Nielsen Media Research.
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The 2008 race for the White House, already the most expensive campaign in history, looks set for a new infusion of cash from deep-pocketed lobbyists and vested interests after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Barack Obama raised $32 million for his Democratic presidential nominating campaign in January, a huge haul that aides said will give him the ability to compete in a potentially long and costly race.
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US advertising spending rose 6.4 percent in the first half of 2004, driven by double-digit increases from top automakers and battleground state advertising for the two presidential candidates, tracking firm Nielsen Monitor-Plus said ...
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CAMPAIGN SPENDING in the 2004 presidential race has already cracked the $1 billion mark, almost twice the amount at this time four years ago.