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The money behind US midterm races

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The amount of money spent on advertising for the US midterm races has surpassed $11.6bn. That’s even more than the last presidential election. The sheer volume of cash makes these midterms the most expensive political race in US history. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro went to a racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky, to break it all down. #USMidterms #USPolitics #USElections #CampaignFinance #PoliticalAds #Democrats #Republicans #BreedersCup #AlJazeeraEnglish

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Al Jazeera English The money behind US midterm races

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32/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 78/100
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Deducted for copied text, sensational framing or state media: -10
Propaganda risk: 0/100

State-funded media: 1

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Average reliability: 78/100 (High)
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State media: 100%
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Al Jazeera Heidi Zhou-Castro