Most spent per vote in an election
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- 92.60 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States (New York City,)
- When
- 05 November 2002
Michael R. Bloomberg, the Republican candidate for the 6 November 2001 New York City mayoral election, spent $92.60 for each of the 744,757 votes he won against Democrat Mark Green.
Ross Perot, in contrast, spent about $3.59 per vote in the 1992 Presidential race.
According to campaign documents filed with the NYC Board of Elections, Billionaire Bloomberg spent a total of $68,968,185 on his mayoral campaign - more than the $48.6 million Steve Forbes spent on his 2000 presidential campaign
Mr. Green, his opponent, spent roughly $16.5 million. While the nearly $69 million Mr. Bloomberg spent in his campaign for mayor of NYC is more than 10 times what a candidate typically spends running for United States Senate, and roughly 97 times what a typical candidate spends running for the House of Representatives. Tom Golisano, an Independent candidate for the 5 November 2002 Governor election in New York, USA, spent $73,900,000 (£47,456,974) of his own money on an unsuccessful campaign. This works out at $112.99 (£72.55) for each of the 654,016 votes he received. In the end, the Republican George E. Pataki won the contest and was re-elected after spending $48,400,000 (£31,081,428) and receiving 2,085,407 votes. This is still being researched.
According to campaign documents filed with the NYC Board of Elections, Billionaire Bloomberg spent a total of $68,968,185 on his mayoral campaign - more than the $48.6 million Steve Forbes spent on his 2000 presidential campaign
Mr. Green, his opponent, spent roughly $16.5 million. While the nearly $69 million Mr. Bloomberg spent in his campaign for mayor of NYC is more than 10 times what a candidate typically spends running for United States Senate, and roughly 97 times what a typical candidate spends running for the House of Representatives. Tom Golisano, an Independent candidate for the 5 November 2002 Governor election in New York, USA, spent $73,900,000 (£47,456,974) of his own money on an unsuccessful campaign. This works out at $112.99 (£72.55) for each of the 654,016 votes he received. In the end, the Republican George E. Pataki won the contest and was re-elected after spending $48,400,000 (£31,081,428) and receiving 2,085,407 votes. This is still being researched.