UPDATE: Federal elections to cost just under $7 billion, CRP forecasts

Spoiler alert: This year’s election is getting even more pricey. We reran the numbers, and have a new-and-improved prediction for the total cost of the 2016 federal election: at least $6.9 billion, about $350 million more than we predicted last week.

Source: UPDATE: Federal elections to cost just under $7 billion, CRP forecasts