Taxpayer Money Is Fraction of Campaign
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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Fund raising and spending in the 2003-04 election cycle by President Bush, Democratic rival John Kerry and national party committees:
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For presidential candidates, the post-Watergate system of financing campaigns with public money has become the great divide.
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Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one. Tax-exempt pro-Democratic groups raising big checks for this year's election collected almost twice as much money as their Republican rivals in the presidential race, a study shows. The financial advantage comes in addition to record fund raising by Kerry, the unsuccessful candidate, and the Democratic Party.
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There are two ways to think about the staggering amounts of money given by special interest groups to politicians -- the type of contributions that were detailed for the last quarter in reports filed yesterday by presidential candidates and members of Congress.
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As a Washington journalist during the 90s, I made frequent treks to the Federal Election Commission to inspect cabinets full of campaign-finance reports to find out who was giving to whom.    Though some data were available through a proprietary online system, those $20-per-hour access fees added up...
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Last year some election watchers made a bold prediction that this presidential election would set a record: the first half billion dollar campaign in hard money alone.
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A new study shows there is a $300 billion gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay
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U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what's often the government equivalent of junk mail Â meeting announcements, tips on car care and job interviews, surveys on public policy and just plain bragging.
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More people may tune in to two or three 90-minute debates than will actually vote. By Usa Today. Washington - A presidential election that has lasted a year and more, cost a billion dollars and divided the
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The race for presidential cash in its infancy, Sen. John McCain on Wednesday collected $1.7 million in his campaign's first few weeks while Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's early take totaled $1.4 million.
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The $2.6 million the candidates have spent on Web banner ads is less than 1% of what they have poured into TV ads.
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The team collecting private donations to finance President Bush's inaugural festivities has taken in &#36;18 million, putting it nearly halfway to its goal of at least &#36;40 million.
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With the cost of the 2008 presidential campaign likely to top one billion dollars for the first time, the race for the White House is driven more than ever by candidates' quest for campaign cash.
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
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Technology employees are donating slightly more money to the Republican party.
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Would-be US presidential nominees are set to file fundraising figures, as spending balloons.