650 Million Dollars !?

**d_va** · 10-20-2008, 12:54 PM

Total haul for the Obama campaign, eh?

I'm lousy at math (and my cheap calculator doesn't have that many digits), so my question is.....

If Obama wins by a landslide with 60 million votes, how much per vote did he spend?

**Lager** · 10-20-2008, 01:08 PM

The amount of money that flows into a presidential election is crazy. This is supposed to be the worst financial climate in recent memory, and yet the cash pours in to both sides. What are people buying with that kind of mullah? Is it necessary, or a waste?

**Constitutionally Speaking** · 10-20-2008, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by d_va

Total haul for the Obama campaign, eh?

I'm lousy at math (and my cheap calculator doesn't have that many digits), so my question is.....

If Obama wins by a landslide with 60 million votes, how much per vote did he spend?

Of far greater concern, that would mean that some outside money is likely involved in stealing our elections. There are only roughly 305 million PEOPLE in the US. That means that, on average, each person in America donated over $2 million to Obama's campaign.

Something is not right.

/DUmmy mode off

**LogansPapa** · 10-20-2008, 01:11 PM

Not accepting public funding: Fucking Brilliant.

**Lager** · 10-20-2008, 01:34 PM

It should read: Not accepting public funding, after you said you would, and correctly anticipating that the lapse in principle would go unnoticed, Fricken Brilliant!

**FeebMaster** · 10-20-2008, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by d_va

If Obama wins by a landslide with 60 million votes, how much per vote did he spend?

Almost $11.

Originally Posted by Constitutionally Speaking

Of far greater concern, that would mean that some outside money is likely involved in stealing our elections. There are only roughly 305 million PEOPLE in the US. That means that, on average, each person in America donated over $2 to Obama's campaign.

Something is not right.

There. FTFY.

Originally Posted by Lager

It should read: Not accepting public funding, after you said you would, and correctly anticipating that the lapse in principle would go unnoticed, Fricken Brilliant!

I still get a chuckle over how the party of small government accepted public funds while the party of socialism didn't.

**AlmostThere** · 10-20-2008, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Constitutionally Speaking

Of far greater concern, that would mean that some outside money is likely involved in stealing our elections. There are only roughly 305 million PEOPLE in the US. That means that, on average, each person in America donated over $2 million to Obama's campaign.

Something is not right.

650,000,000 / 305,000,000 $2.13 a piece

**FeebMaster** · 10-20-2008, 02:15 PM

This thread really demonstrates the effectiveness of government run education.

**Lager** · 10-20-2008, 02:17 PM

Since public funding comes from the voluntary consent of citizens who check a box on their income tax returns, it doesn't have all the necessary attributes of the typical big government program you're making it out to be.

**FeebMaster** · 10-20-2008, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Lager

Since public funding comes from the voluntary consent of citizens who check a box on their income tax returns, it doesn't have all the necessary attributes of the typical big government program you're making it out to be.

You just keep telling yourself that.