Even that 13 million in 2004 is a fairly big sum of money for a single event, that requires practically no funds to run.
So called election spending is just propaganda spending, because all elections need are polling places. In my country they are mostly run by volunteers, making them essentially free. What was that 13 million dollars spent on?
Election spending, in terms of polling places and such, is funded by the states. When US folk say ‘election spending’, they explicitly mean ‘buying ads, air time, etc’, we just don’t say ‘propaganda’ because… it feels bad, I guess.
Even that 13 million in 2004 is a fairly big sum of money for a single event, that requires practically no funds to run.
So called election spending is just propaganda spending, because all elections need are polling places. In my country they are mostly run by volunteers, making them essentially free. What was that 13 million dollars spent on?
Election spending, in terms of polling places and such, is funded by the states. When US folk say ‘election spending’, they explicitly mean ‘buying ads, air time, etc’, we just don’t say ‘propaganda’ because… it feels bad, I guess.