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2000 Campaign Spending VS. Your Personal Finances There was a ton of money spent during this year's Presidential Election, and right now -- we still don't know who got the best return. Federal figures estimate the two major parties spent $405 million on the campaign. Here's how that money breaks down for Republicans, Democrats and You: Campaign 2000: Total Spent by Republicans: $252M Total Spent by Democrats: $153M Dollars Spent per Vote: Republicans: $5.24 Democrats: $3.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's what that money could have bought... Gallons of Gas ($1.65) R - 152.7 Million D - 92.7 Million Movie Tickets ($8.00) R - 31.5 Million D - 19.1Million Internet Access ($20/month) R - 12.6 Million months D - 7.6 Million months 4-Year College Educations ($100,000) R - 2,520 D - 1,530 Big Macs ($2.50) R - 100.8 Million D - 61.2 Million Honda Accords ($22,000) R - 11,454 D - 6,954 __________________ Should have spent the money on 100,000 Big Macs. Political commercials don't taste very good ;0) __________________ Or they could have bought 29 cent hamburgers from McDonalds! 868965517 for the Republicans or 527586206 for the Democrats Mavi forum