$35 a vote?

Posted By Carolyn O'Hara Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 1:58 PM Share

Here's an interesting stat about the U.S. election, via Global Dashboard:

The election cost $4.2bn ($5.3bn if you include the congressional and senate races). 120-130m Americans voted. So that’s nearly $35 spent for every vote cast.

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