The Wall Street Journal had an interesting graphic today on who is spending what and where in the presidential race (click to enlarge):
As the Journal pointed out in its companion piece, the big difference this cycle is that Iowa and New Hampshire are not the only games in town. With a crowded January calendar, candidates are hedging their bets by putting substantial amounts of money into other states, especially on the Republican side. Giuliani and Thompson, for instance, have spent more of their money in Florida than in any other state.
The Democrats have been more traditional, with the challengers to Hillary Clinton pouring money into Iowa in hopes of dislodging her as frontrunner–or at least establishing one of them as a viable alternative. Obama has actually out-spent Clinton in Iowa, by the Journal‘s calculation.
The other thing that leaps out is how much more Romney has spent than his GOP counterparts. He has burned through a lot of money so far, and the graphic shows it.
