Gillian Tett
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38 appearances
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first heard Dec 2010
last heard Dec 2012
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In my view, the most eye-popping statistic in 2012...
was the amount of money that the Americans spent on their election.
They spent about $2.5 billion on the direct presidential campaign.
But when you throw in all the money for the Senate races and the House of Representatives, you end up with about $6 billion worth of total spending on the campaigns.
And that number is absolutely huge compared to other Western countries.
I mean, if you work it out per person in America,
It's about $18.
If you compare it to the last general election in the UK, it was 50p per person.
And if the last Canadian election was more like $8 a person.
However, there's a rather interesting catch.
If you look at the sheer size of the US economy and you look at the amount that's invested in elections, then actually the American number may not be so large after all.
And my other eye-popping statistic of the year is
was that the Americans actually spent $7 billion on potato chips this year, and they spent about $8 billion on the Halloween celebrations.
In my view, the most eye-popping statistic in 2012 was the amount of money that the Americans spent on their election.
They spent about $2.5 billion on the direct presidential campaign...
But when you throw in all the money for the Senate races and the House of Representatives, you end up with about $6 billion worth of total spending on the campaigns.
And that number is absolutely huge compared to other Western countries.
I mean, if you work it out per person in America, it's about $18.
If you compare it to the last general election in the UK, it was 50p per person.
And if the last Canadian election was more like $8 a person.
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