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In 2008, on average, per vote
on average,

HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME

OBAMA SPENT,

$7.39

McCAIN SPENT,

$5.78

Presidential hopefuls start raising money about a year before the primary election. Fundraising is considered a very important part of gaining the notice necessary to be successful as a presidential nominee.

How much theyve raised for the 2012 election (so far)
CAN D I DATE

2008 Barack Obama

$745.7M

Barack Obama (D) Mitt Romney (R)

Total raised Q4

CAN D I DATE

CAN D I DATE

Ron Paul (R)

$25.5M $132.5M $13M

CAN D I DATE

Newt Gingrich (R) Rick Perry (R) est.

$13M $9M $21M $132.5M $5M

CAN D I DATE

$
2004 George W. Bush

$132.5M $42M

$56M $24M

What they raised, and spent, in 2008

2000 George W. Bush
CAN D I DATE

$356.4M

Barack Obama (D) John McCain (R)

Money raised Money spent

CAN D I DATE

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Hillary Clinton (D) Joe Biden Jr. (D)

$222M $222M $13M $13M

CAN D I DATE

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Mitt Romney (R)

$107M $107M
1996 Bill Clinton

$172.1M

$
$3.5B 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0

$745M $730M

$368M $333M

Totals spent on federal elections

By Democrats

Money raised by winning presidents

1976 Jimmy Carter 1980 Ronald Reagan 1984 Ronald Reagan

1988 George W. Bush

1992 Bill Clinton

$33.4M

$53M

$71M

$83.7M

$100.7M

$108.5M

Sources: Federal Election Commission; opensecrets.org

By Republicans

2000

2004

2008

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY