U.S. elections this year "burned" or set a record
The "open secret" of a civil society in the United States that tracks campaign spending predicts that the total spending on presidential and congressional elections in 2020 will be close to 14 billion U.S. dollars, setting a new record of "burning money".
"Open Secret" said in a press release on the 28th: "The campaign expenses in 2020 will be twice that of 2016."
Data map: On October 24, local time, voters lined up to vote in advance for the 2020 US presidential election at a polling station in Suffolk County, New York.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
The 2016 US presidential elections and congressional elections totaled approximately US$7 billion.
The "open secret" expects that the total expenditure of the Republican president Donald Trump and the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who are seeking re-election will reach $6.6 billion, far exceeding 2016 Trump and the then Democratic presidential candidates. The $2.4 billion spent by the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Deutsche News Agency quoted a report from the US "Advertising Analysis Company" on the 23rd that the Biden campaign has invested a total of US$582 million in TV commercials since the launch of the campaign; the Trump campaign has spent US$342 million in advertising in the past two years.
"Open secret" said Biden is expected to become the first US presidential candidate to raise more than $1 billion in campaign funds.
As of October 14, Biden had raised a total of US$938 million and Trump had raised a total of US$596 million.
The U.S. presidential election is scheduled to vote on November 3.
All seats in the House of Representatives and approximately one-third of the seats in the Senate will be re-elected at the same time.
Election activities surrounding some fiercely contested seats also "burned" records.
(Dujuan)【Xinhua News Agency Wei Feature】