presidential election An Unprecedented Year With Spending to Match: The 2020 Election is Poised to Be the Most Expensive Ever The 2020 presidential election will nearly reach an unprecedented $14 billion, according to new CNBC numbers, making it the most expensive election in history. Business Insider senior correspondent David Levinthal joins us to break down the numbers he says obliterated the upward trends in campaign spending and explains how President Trump played a significant role for both Republican and Democrat fundraising.
campaign funds Why Local Charities Are Now Putting ‘Zombie' Campaign Funds to Good Use LX Storyteller Noah Pransky gives an update on ‘Zombie campaign funds’ i.e. unused political funds sitting in the accounts of retired politicians, and how that money is now being put to good use.