Increase in total spending in presidential campaigns, 1976-2020

FIGURE 12.2 Increase in Total Spending in Presidential Campaigns, 1976-2020 3,800 3,700 -__—__ 3,600 -_——_— 3,500 ----__ 3,400 -_____ 2:200 -_-_____-_-1-I 2,100 -__-__-___--I 2,000 -__-__-_-_VA_I 1,900 -__-_____--_I 1,800 -__-__-__-A_-I 1,700 -__-____--‘__I 1,600 -_-___-__---I 1,500 -_____-__'-__I MOO ---------r---l {300 -———————--__I 1:200 ---------A-_-I moo -—--————-‘___I moo -_______'-__-I 900 -_______'-___I 800 -_——_——_r-———I 700 -——--—----——I 600 -—--———-A____I 500 -______"___-I 400 -——————r-————I 300 -_——_——-————I 200 -__-—zz_————I 100 -——2—_—_————I O -—-—-————————I 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Total spending (in millions of dollars) Year Sources: Center for Responsive Politics, “Presidential Fund-raising and Spending, 1976—2008,” www .opensecrets.org/presO8/totals.php?cycle=2008; “Banking on Becoming President,” www .opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php; “2012 Presidential Race,” www.0pensecrets.org/pres12/ index .php?q13; “2016 Presidential Race,” www.0pensecrets.org/pres16/; “2020 Presidential Race,” www .opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race.