When the US presidential election is over estimates say it will end up costing $2.5bn (£1.5bn).
That works out to about $20 (£12) per vote.
BBC Graphic explains how the US election is a battle of money.
The money comes from a variety of sources: from the candidates' own fund raising, to money collected by groups called Super PACs.
Super PACs cannot work directly with the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns, but they spend millions on TV ads hoping to influence the electorate.
All of this adds up to the most expensive presidential campaign in US history.
The $20 vote.
The $20 vote.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: The $20 vote.
I wish turning up to get your name checked off an electoral role was compulsory in America.
More people might take the opportunity to vote, it would be cheaper, and you might get the Government that the people actually want.
More people might take the opportunity to vote, it would be cheaper, and you might get the Government that the people actually want.
Bah!
Re: The $20 vote.
Thank "Citizens United", thank the right-wing court appointed by BushCo and Reagan.
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Re: The $20 vote.
Far as I'm concerned, the fewer idiots that vote, the better.The Hen wrote:I wish turning up to get your name checked off an electoral role was compulsory in America.
More people might take the opportunity to vote, it would be cheaper, and you might get the Government that the people actually want.
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Re: The $20 vote.
Well, that would be the end of the Republican party as a significant political force ....Jarlaxle wrote:Far as I'm concerned, the fewer idiots that vote, the better.The Hen wrote:I wish turning up to get your name checked off an electoral role was compulsory in America.
More people might take the opportunity to vote, it would be cheaper, and you might get the Government that the people actually want.
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