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The 2024 presidential election is on track to be the most expensive in history, even as one of the two major candidates has essentially run one of the shortest campaigns in modern times.
After attempting to ban TikTok via an executive order in 2020, Trump launched his official account on the platform in June as part of his successful, online-driven presidential campaign. He ...
Awaiting Senate confirmation to join Trump’s Cabinet are former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence, who has over 1 million TikTok followers, and Robert ...
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party nominee for 2020, had not made much use of social media in the past, but used portions of his campaign budget to run advertising on certain platforms, most notably Facebook, where he is estimated to have spent up to $1.6 million on advertising leading up to the California Democratic primary. [13]
At least eight positive cases of COVID-19 were reported among campaign staff who worked the rally, with six of them reported prior to the event. Following the rally, Trump faced criticism for stating in his speech that he had asked the federal government to "slow down" COVID-19 testing, in order to reduce the number of new U.S. cases. [1]
Dean's campaign was able to raise large amounts of money in small increments. In January 2004, his campaign had raised $41 million, mostly from online supporters. A total of 318,884 individuals contributed to his campaign, with over 61% of the contributions being under $200. Less than 1% of individuals gave $2000, the federal limit. [13]
Through March, the most recent month for which campaigns have filed campaign finance reports, the Biden campaign had more than $85.5 million banked away, while Trump’s campaign had $45.1 million.
Presidential campaigns are increasingly expensive, with the 2020 election costing the most on record. Winners in presidential races often have a fundraising advantage, but not always.