The Rising Cost Of Winning Votes: Data Sets NOTE: All data is raw/not adjusted for inflation CHART 1: Total amount spent on San Francisco elections, by year, going back to 1998. Data is not adjusted for inflation. Source: SF OpenData, based on campaign finance reports filed with the San Francisco Ethics Commission. <a href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Total-Annual-Expenditures-1998-2016/3t3f-2maz" _cke_saved_href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Total-Annual-Expenditures-1998-2016/3t3f-2maz" title="Total Annual Expenditures 1998-2016" target="_blank">Total Annual Expenditures 1998-2016</a> Powered by Socrata CHART 2: Total spent on television advertising in 2015. Source: SF OpenData, as reported to the SF Ethics Commission. <a href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Schedule-E-2015-Television-spending/agtc-74i7" _cke_saved_href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Schedule-E-2015-Television-spending/agtc-74i7" title="Schedule E — 2015 — Television spending" target="_blank">Schedule E — 2015 — Television spending</a> Powered by Socrata CHART 3: Amounts spent by individual committees in 2015. Source: SF OpenData, based on campaign finance reports filed with SF Ethics Commission. <a href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Schedule-E-2015/vxrp-f5j6" _cke_saved_href="https://data.sfgov.org/City-Management-and-Ethics/Schedule-E-2015/vxrp-f5j6" title="Schedule E — 2015" target="_blank">Schedule E — 2015</a> Powered by Socrata Don't miss out on our newest articles, episodes and events! Sign up for our newsletter