The $21.7 million paid in those funds to other primary candidates was the lowest since the first presidential election conducted under the public funding program in 1976. This was only the second cycle in which both major party nominees declined public matching funds during the primaries. Additional tables attached to this release provide details about the sources of receipts for presidential pre-nomination campaigns and information about how the money was spent. An electioneering communication is a broadcast, cable or satellite communication that refers to a clearly identified federal candidate and is distributed prior to an election. In 2008, groups reported spending $27.8 million on electioneering communications that referenced a political candidate - a decrease of $13 million from the 2004 election. Membership organizations reported spending $18.1 million in communications to their members advocating the election or defeat of a presidential candidate - an almost $6 million increase over what they reported during the 2004 presidential election. In 2008, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) spent $1.1 million on independent expenditures, while the Republican National Committee (RNC) spent $53.5 million.The national parties also spent a combined $25.3 million in coordination with the 2008 presidential campaigns during the general election period.Each party was permitted to spend up to $19.15 million on this activity.In the three previous elections, parties spent $32.1 million, $27.2 million, and $18.7 million, respectively, on coordinated expenditures. There is no limit on the amount that may be spent on these activities given that the spending is independent of the candidates. Individuals, parties and other groups spent $168.8 million independently advocating the election or defeat of presidential candidates during the 2008 campaign.In the three previous cycles, similar spending totaled $192.4 million, $14.7 million, and $1.4 million, respectively. The two parties received $16.8 million each from the treasury for their nominating conventions, while host committees raised a total of $124.3 million in support of their activities.A table attached to this release summarizes these three categories of activity for the last four presidential campaigns. It was the first time in the history of presidential public financing that a major party nominee declined to accept public funds for the general election. Barack Obama (IL), raised a total of $745.7 million in private funds for his primary nomination and general election campaign. John McCain (AZ), received $84.1 million in public funds to conduct his general election campaign and raised an additional $46.4 million for legal and accounting expenses.The Democratic presidential nominee, then-Sen. WASHINGTON – Financial activity of 2008 presidential candidates and national party convention committees increased 80% in receipts over the 2004 presidential election, totaling more than $1.8 billion.The Republican presidential nominee, Sen. 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL ACTIVITY SUMMARIZED:
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