WITH nearly every American election cycle new spending records are broken. This autumn’s midterm elections are nearly nine months away, but already candidates in Kentucky’s Senate race have raised $19.4m and spent $7.3m. In the 2012 cycle candidates…
The Economist Explains: Why American Elections Cost So Much
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