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$45 Million Per Month, As One Does (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact:

George W Bush's entire campaign budget was 198 million dollars.

Citizens United is allowing this one billionaire to donate more than that by himself.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Also, compare the breakdown of the 2020 race:

https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race

Biden's campaign directly spent over $1B, and over half a bil of outside money (SuperPACs, I assume). Trump "only" managed about $1B combined.

IIRC, money spent directly by the campaign is also worth more; they get preferential ad rates.

Harris has already broken $100M in the first few days. Some of that was pent up donations from donors who wanted Biden out.