tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post8257161018756858229..comments2024-02-28T14:12:41.593+00:00Comments on bigdaddystevieB: US presidential elections 2012bigdaddystevieBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-31182536629720372762012-11-07T05:43:42.724+00:002012-11-07T05:43:42.724+00:00sorry... actually meant "Congress" rathe...sorry... actually meant "Congress" rather than "Senate".bigdaddystevieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36249894.post-43372853158275899712012-11-06T20:25:38.311+00:002012-11-06T20:25:38.311+00:00My great American friend Ken defends the US system...My great American friend Ken defends the US system by pointing out that the cost represents just “$3 per American citizen” (actually Ken, “over $1 billion for each candidate works out as closer to $7 – but hey!)… and I have to accept that this doesn’t seem too unreasonable. This compares to the UK’s General Election costs of some £115million – which represents less than £2 per citizen (just over $3). bigdaddystevieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842346891905135070noreply@blogger.com