US Presidential Candidates Raise Record Sum
729 views · Published 14 August 2008 · 3:29 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics
The total amount of money raised by the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates may, by the time Election Day 2008 comes about, approach or even break the $1 billion mark. For just the first nine months of 2007, presidential candidates in the two major parties collected a total of $415 million. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young looks at campaign financing and the controversies surrounding it.
