$8 a vote. Wish I had those stats
 

AP Article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/...r/campaign_rdp

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they'll spend about $8 per presidential vote.

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If only my "votes" (sales) cost me that much... What's the going price of a paysite,dating,webcam signup? 50-75$? And we get about that in return after 6 months. Except this billion$ campaign gives the winner access to the trillion$ tax payer vault... I think we're all in the wrong business.

Politics has always been a profitable business.