The Still Rising Costs of Presidential Elections
1980

$     58,400,000
1984

80,800,000
1988

92,200,000
1992

110,400,000
1996

124,600,000
2000

135,120,000
2004

149,240,000
2008


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"I hope you're all aware we're all Eisenhower Republicans here, and we're fighting with Reagan Republicans. We stand for lower deficits and free trade and the bond market. Isn't that great?
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--President William J. Clinton 1993


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