What Did $6 Billion Buy in the 2012 Election?

What Did $6 Billion Buy in the 2012 Election?
What Did $6 Billion Buy in the 2012 Election?

The 2012 presidential campaign was a campaign made out of money–lots of money. Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent around $1 billion each and that doesn’t include the spending of special interest groups, bringing the total close to $6 billion.

Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, to discuss campaign financing.

 

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Carmen is a multimedia journalist based in Washington, DC whose work has appeared in a variety of outlets including National Geographic, NBC News, the BBC, Asia! Magazine, The China Post, Chicago Tribune and Orlando Sentinel.