How Much Money Does It Take To Run For President?

[Dirty_Jerz]

was thinkin about it and im not sure if this thread was made yet so i went ahead and commited that found a little article about it to

How much does it cost to run for president?

The answer to that question is remarkably complicated. It depends in large part on how much a candidate is able to raise. And it can vary wildly, from the candidate who operates on a shoestring budget to the gold-plated, multistate operations of the most serious contenders.

As the 2012 campaign gets under way, there have been a lot of numbers thrown around. Some analysts believe that President Obama, who raised and spent about $750 million in the 2008 campaign, will come close to $1 billion this time around — a figure that senior White House officials dispute.

(One argument those officials make is that Mr. Obama’s record-breaking fund-raising took place during a historically long and bruising primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton that stretched practically to the Democratic convention. No one predicts that kind of competition — if any — for Mr. Obama in a primary next year.)

There’s no way to know, in advance, how the spending will turn out this time. But experts say they are bracing for a record year that includes extensive fund-raising and spending by the candidates themselves and huge sums from so-called “outside” groups who can now raise an unlimited amount of money from corporations.

“Even with a bad economy, one thing that is not doing poorly is money flowing into presidential elections,” said Craig Holman, a government lobbyist for Public Citizen. “Sadly, we are going to see so much money spent in this presidential election it’s going to be mind-boggling.”

Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, appears to now believe that winning the 2012 Republican nomination will require him to raise $50 million. News reports originally suggested that he wanted to raise that in the first three months after he announces his campaign for president. But senior aides now say that is a total amount for the primary.

How Much Does It Cost to Run for President? - NYTimes.com



here is a better couple questions though

how much money do you think it takes to have a legit chance at being a major political figure in the run for presidential election and be broadcasted on national television if properly educated

and is it possible to have a better chance with less education and more money backing you vs less money and more education?

 

[Mowgli]

Doesnt matter how much it takes to run. If you dont have the bloodline, you're just an extra in a bad movie.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Doesnt matter how much it takes to run. If you dont have the bloodline, you're just an extra in a bad movie.

biological warfare

dont ask me how

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

where yall at

 

[Tommy Tuffnuts]

you would think Mitt's rich ass would raise more money than Barack