The 2024 presidential election is on track to be the most expensive race in U.S. history. The Onion takes a look at the key facts and figures behind the spending.
3: People wealthy enough to just straight-up decide election
$2.5 million: Cost of poll showing rural voters leaning red
14: Homeless people that could be provided with their very own F-22 Raptor fighter jet instead
23: Local TV stations living high on the hog right now
18 months: Age at which a PAC fully matures into Super PAC
$7,000: Daily rate for voice actor who can say “inflation” in really scary way
$17: Total campaign spending in Wyoming
$112: Tim Walz’s first pair of dress shoes
3%: Cash back in campaign spending you can earn with the Campaign Premiere Mastercard
12: Items remaining on Harris’s Amazon wishlist
2: Undecided voters that won’t know until another billion spent
