U.S. Presidential Election Cost $ 2 Billion

U.S. Presidential Election 2012 cost more than two billion dollars. This is the cost for a few weeks before the election on 6 November and is the most expensive in the history of U.S. politics.

Federal Election Commission said the figures after entering all expenses during the election campaign. Each candidate spends less cost by a similar amount, more than one billion U.S. dollars.

Cost is included to support the campaign of U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, who eventually defeated.

Estimated cost of the campaign was very intense because both sides attacking each other action, including through advertising, and operating costs both sides in the field are also competing very fiercely.

Source: Kompas
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