Hillary Clinton and her Democratic supporters spent a whopping $1.2 billion on her second failed run at the White House — a record amount.
According to the New York Post, that amount was half of what President-elect Donald Trump and Republican spent, which came in at only $600 million.
Trump famously made claims last June that no person needed to raise or spend more than $1 billion to become president, saying that he would never need to raise such a high amount of money to win the White House because of all the free press he receives.
More from the Post:
Clinton’s expensive machine tore through $131.8 million in just the final weeks, finishing with about $839,000 on hand as of Nov. 28.Team Trump spent $94.5 million in the home stretch — from Oct. 20 to Nov. 28 — and had $7.6 million left.
The figures include all spending by the campaigns, PACs and party committees.
Still, Trump did not make good on his promise to donate $100 million of his personal money to his campaign. Early in his campaign, Trump said he would give $100 million to his campaign — part of his self-funding strategy. But in the end, Trump only gave $66 million, according to FEC documents.
In addition, Clinton spent more than President Barack Obama did in both 2008 and 2012, while Trump spent substantially less than Mitt Romney did in 2012.
