According to the latest figures, the man who eventually becomes the leader of the free world will be the winner of a $6bn contest. Think on that .... Six Billion Dollars!
Yes according to the Center for Responsive Politics, an independent research group which tracks the money in politics, they estimate that the total cost of the USA's November elections for the Presidency, House of Representatives and Senate, will come in at $5.8bn (£3.7bn).
To give this some context, here are all the countries of the world whose annual Gross Domestic Product is less than $6bn:
Still its a funny world isn't it, when US expenditure on potato chips (crisps UK) or US elections is greater than the entire economies of up to 78 countries.
Yes according to the Center for Responsive Politics, an independent research group which tracks the money in politics, they estimate that the total cost of the USA's November elections for the Presidency, House of Representatives and Senate, will come in at $5.8bn (£3.7bn).
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| Election Results 2008 - 2012 Spending will be up up 7% on 2008. |
To give this some context, here are all the countries of the world whose annual Gross Domestic Product is less than $6bn:
- Bahamas
- Palestinian territories
- Zimbabwe
- French Polynesia
- Benin
- Nicaragua
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Mongolia
- Haiti
- Bermuda
- Republic of Moldova
- Rwanda
- Tajikistan
- Kosovo
- Niger
- Monaco
- Malawi
- Liechtenstein
- Kyrgyzstan
- Guinea
- Montenegro
- Netherlands Antilles
- Barbados
- Swaziland
- Mauritania
- Suriname
- Andorra
- Cayman Islands
- Togo
- Fiji
- Aruba
- Guyana
- Eritrea
- Lesotho
- Sierra Leone
- Greenland
- Central African Republic
- Cape Verde
- San Marino
- Bhutan
- Burundi
- Maldives
- Belize
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Saint Lucia
- Djibouti
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Somalia
- Gambia
- Seychelles
- British Virgin Islands
- Liberia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Timor-Leste
- Grenada
- Vanuatu
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Zanzibar
- Solomon Islands
- Samoa
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Comoros
- Dominica
- Tonga
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Cook Islands
- Palau
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Anguilla
- Marshall Islands
- Kiribati
- Nauru
- Montserrat
- Tuvalu
Still its a funny world isn't it, when US expenditure on potato chips (crisps UK) or US elections is greater than the entire economies of up to 78 countries.
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