Kamala Harris gave 8 crore rupees to famous American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey for her promotion. Kamala Harris joined Oprah's talk-show 'The Oprah Winfrey' show on September 19.
400 people attended the show. Apart from this, more than 2 lakh people attended the show virtually. Oprah was also seen at a rally held in Philadelphia before the election, where she endorsed Kamala.
During the campaign, Oprah said-
We are voting for values and integrity, we are voting to heal hate.
Oprah's company was given 8 crore rupees for the show after a program on October 15. According to the Washington Examiner report, Kamala has spent crores of rupees in the presidential election.
Kamala's party has spent more than 16 thousand crore rupees in its election campaign. This expenditure is 3 thousand crore rupees more than the expenditure of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has spent 13 thousand crore rupees.
Kamala spent 168 crores for the concert Kamala also organized seven swing state concerts a day before the election. According to a New York Post report, Kamala's campaign team spent more than $20 million (Rs 168 crore) on the concert. The cost could have gone up, but some celebrities could not attend the concert.
Kamala also spent millions of dollars on a talk-show called Call Her Daddy. Alex Cooper hosted the show, which was filmed at a hotel in Washington. Kamala's campaign team designed a set in a hotel, costing millions of dollars.
The 7 swing states spend the most The largest share of election expenditure has been spent in 7 states. These seven states are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada. Both parties have spent more than $1.8 billion on television ads in these states.
$494 million was spent in Pennsylvania alone. These costs have increased since Joe Biden's announcement to withdraw from the election. Advertising spending from March to Biden's announcement in July was $336 million. But a month after the announcement, spending reached $410 million, later surpassing the billion mark.
Costliest general election since 2020 The two parties combined have spent more than $3.5 billion on the 2024 presidential election. Because of this, the total cost of the election this time has reached close to 16 billion dollars.
After 2020, this election has become the most expensive general election in history. In the year 2020, the total cost of elections was 18 billion dollars.
Both parties raised $4.2 billion from party committees, outside groups and election campaigns. Kamala Harris surpassed Trump in this and collected $2.3 billion. Of which $1.9 billion was spent.
While Trump's Republican Party raised $1.8 billion and spent $1.6 billion. This makes the 2024 US general election one of the most expensive elections in history.
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