Trump, Harris are spending $25m a week. They’re just getting started
The two candidates’ campaigns are spending their war chests on everything from social media adverts to lawn signs. But a multi-million dollar blitz is still to come.
Donald Trump’s campaign has booked $US187 million in advertising to air before November 5. Bloomberg
Few countries, if any, do their elections with as much razzmatazz as the United States, but none can beat it when it comes to campaign spending.
Since coming late to the US presidential contest in July, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ central campaign had built a war chest of more than $US497 million by the middle of August, with millions more collected by privately organised political action committees (PACs) working to see her elected.
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