President Barack Obama speaking to a crowd on election night in November (© Jerome Delay/AP)

Most ridiculously expensive election ever cost more than $2 billion

12/7/2012

A month after President Obama swept back into office, the final federal finance reports reveal that more than $2 billion was spent on this election cycle, making it the most expensive one ever. Yes, an incredible 2 billion American dollars was splashed around just so some guy gets to sit in a nice oval room for another four years. By our math, that would be enough to pay for 18,000 Ferraris, at least one trip to the moon (with change to spare) or Lindsay Lohan's recent legal bills (maybe). Anything else would have been better than those countless campaign ads. [Source]

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