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What's behind the rising costs of presidential campaigns?

Why the 2020 presidential election is likely to be the most expensive in history

09/09/2020

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What's behind the rising costs of presidential campaigns?

Clip: 9/9/2020 | 6m 7s

Why the 2020 presidential election is likely to be the most expensive in history

The presidential election of 2020 is expected to be the most expensive in history. Both President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are drawing hundreds of millions in contributions -- despite a difficult year for fundraising. What's behind the rising costs of campaigning? Amna Nawaz talks to Campaign Legal Center’s Adav Noti, formerly a Federal Election Commission lawyer.

09/09/2020

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