How much money and what did Clinton and Trump spend

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According to the US Federal Election Commission, since the beginning of the election campaign, the Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton spent $ 897,7 million on it, which exceeded the costs of her opponent Donald Trump 2,1 times (Republican candidate Donald Trump spent $ 429,5 million on the campaign). About it reports RBC.

According to the US Federal Election Commission, more than $ 1 billion has been received on Hillary Clinton’s accounts since the start of the pre-election race. Financier Donald Sassman, who spent $ 21,8 million, has become the largest sponsor of her campaign.

In turn, the budget of the Donald Trump campaign was $ 512,2 million, of which $ 56,1 million is Trump's own funds.

According to the report, the lion's share of the funds of US presidential candidates was spent on advertising.

Thus, Clinton spent $237,9 million on advertising, and Trump - $67,9 million. In addition, Clinton spent $44 million on employee salaries, and another $24 million in transportation costs.

Clinton's rival took second place in expenses for analytics ($58,6 million), and third, just like his counterpart, for transportation costs ($23,5 million). At the same time, Trump spent more actively than Clinton on merchandising - caps, T-shirts, flags with election symbols. Trump spent more than $14 million on this, while Clinton spent $2,6 million.

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