Romney campaign spent $45.63 per vote in Iowa

[Earth_First]

$33.2 million for 727,545 votes = $45.63 per vote

:jawdrop:

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. A fool and his money are soon parted.

[geckosfeet]

2. It's a tight race. Just a few mor commercials, adds and campaign visits

should push you over the top.

Sign here please.

[gollygee]

3. At least we found a way to get rich Republicans to invest money in the economy

The sign makers, flyer printers, and local TV stations benefited anyway.

[Coyotl]

4. Rove alone spent $25 per U.S. Senate vote in North Dakota, and Berg lost by under 3,000 votes

Money can't buy you politics if the People pay attention.
In North Dakota, outside money will lose you your job in politics!

Not to mention, Heidi was in the equation. While the state voted Mitt Romney 58 percent to 39 percent Barack Obama, they elected a Democrat and a woman to the Senate.

[KharmaTrain]

5. And That Doesn't Count The SuperPacs...

That included the amount he spent in the primaries (which was mostly an air campaign...he wasn't on the ground much). He overpaid for commercial time cause his campaign waited til the last minute when the rates were jacked up and spent little on the ground game that won the state for President Obama.

Add in the Rove/GPS money and I'd bet we're looking at over $100 a vote in some districts...

[davidpdx]

6. I know someone who was suckered into voting for him in Iowa

[groundloop]

7. I believe big money does have an impact.....

THIS time around the repubs had a lying, flip-flopping weasel as a candidate, and I firmly believe that had it not been for unlimited expenditures brought about by the Citizens United ruling the race wouldn't have been nearly as close as it was nationwide. Rmoney shouldn't have been within a couple percentage points of the President nationally, if the repubs come up with a decent candidate next time Big Money could very well sway the election.