ABSTRACT
During the 1991-92 election cycle, political candidates, committees, and other organizations and individuals spent $3.2 billion on political campaigns. This spending covered not only campaigns for nomination and election to federal offices--the presidency and seats in Congress--but also nomination and election campaigns for state and local offices; campaigns for and against ballot propositions; efforts by political parties and numerous independent organizations to register and turn out voters; and the costs of administering national, state, and local political party organizations and numerous political committees sponsored by interest and ideological groups.
