How much was your vote worth? Obama often outbid McCain
Bet you didn't know how much your vote cost to get.
Here's the kind of stuff real politics fans revel in: Which candidate spent the most TV advertising money per vote rec
eived?
And where was that?
It may not surprise you that the winner spent the most to buy votes. Barack Obama spent $14.85 per vote received in Nevada.
The John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket spent $13.95 there.
Obama spent $7.23 per vote in Missouri, but still lost to McCain, who shelled out "only" $5.19. Obama spent $12.15 to win each vote in Virginia while the Republican spent $4.35.
How about Florida? McCain = $2.11. Obama = $8.86. New Mexico: Obama = $7.23. McCain = $9.25. Montana: Obama = $6.09. McCain = $0.
Ohio: Obama = $7.90. McCain = $5.80. Pennsylvania: Obama = $9.08. McCain = $8.51.
For some other states, the National Journal compiled the TV ad costs per vote here.
-- Andrew Malcolm
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Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Looking at my 401K statement, I can easily see how much those votes for Obama cost ME!
Posted by: Jim,MtnViewCA,USA | November 19, 2008 at 08:14 AM