It Takes Big Bucks To Run A Campaign
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, political correspondent Susan Davis, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:16.0 | Hello, this is Stephen in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. |
| 0:20.0 | Today is my 50th birthday, and I'm going on the last run of my 500 to 50 challenge in which I ran |
| 0:27.0 | one mile a day, every day, for 500 days leading up to the big 50. This podcast was recorded at 12.04 p.m. on |
| 0:37.3 | Tuesday, January 30th, 2024. Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but just know that I will be enjoying the nifty-50 |
| 0:46.0 | and that I won't be running tomorrow. Here's the show. |
| 0:55.0 | A well-deserved day off. Smart to prevent injury too. |
| 0:56.6 | I like the attainability too of that goal, one mile a day. |
| 0:59.7 | It's not like a marathon, it's just something that a lot of us could do walking you running |
| 1:04.0 | it this is inspiring also happy birthday hey there it's the NPR politics podcast I'm |
| 1:09.7 | Sarah McCammon I cover the presidential campaign |
| 1:12.0 | Susan Davis I cover politics. |
| 1:14.0 | And I'm Domenica Monnetner, senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 1:17.0 | Elections in America have become flush with cash. |
| 1:21.0 | A record $9 billion was spent on ads for elections in this country in 2020, |
| 1:25.6 | including the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, |
| 1:29.0 | and those numbers just keep climbing. It's expected to climb even higher in 2024. So Domenico, let's start there. |
| 1:36.4 | I mean who is spending how much so far? |
| 1:39.2 | Overall we've had $283 million spent in campaign ads, that's digital, broadcast, etc. spent on the Republican |
| 1:47.0 | primary so far. |
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