The 2020 election season will be the most expensive in U.S. history.
When the dust finally settles, the total amount spent on all of the elections this year—from House to Senate to the Presidency—will be about $14 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. About $6.6 billion was spent on the presidential race alone, and that includes individual donations as well as big-money donors and Super PACs.
While the election is over, both presidential candidates are still asking for money. President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are emailing their supporters, asking them to dig a little deeper, and give money to Biden’s Fight Fund and Trump’s Official Election Defense Fund.
The Takeaway discussed all this and more with Sheila Krumholtz, the executive director of the Center For Responsive Politics.
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