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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney and his super PAC spent $19.94 per vote in Florida
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/02/romney-votes-cost-times-gingrich-votes-113071.html-snip-
According to research conducted by a rival campaign, Romney and the pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future spent a total of $15,389,287 on advertising in Florida.
Gingrich and the pro-Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future spent a total of $3,389,805 on advertising in the Sunshine State.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press reports that 771,842 votes went to Romney, while 531,294 went to Gingrich.
By those numbers, the Romney campaign and its Super PAC spent $19.94 per vote, whereas the Gingrich campaign and its Super PAC spent just $6.38 per vote.
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Romney and his super PAC spent $19.94 per vote in Florida (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Feb 2012
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Then President Obama with his billion dollars is going to give the economy a serious shot in the arm
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2012
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Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)1. The irony is
that all the money these idiots spend fighting each other helps the economy. And that helps Obama. Carry on, you fucking dickhead morons!
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)2. Then President Obama with his billion dollars is going to give the economy a serious shot in the arm
right?
Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)3. Yes, but they are
"preheating the oven"
dimbear
(6,271 posts)4. More proof our primary system is moronic. We're mostly just bystanders. n/t
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. Wouldn't work for me. I'd need a full twenty dollars.