Cost of winning the White House Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised $154 million for her campaign last month, her biggest monthly fundraising haul yet, pushing the total in her bid for the White House towards $1 billion 2000: George W. Bush vs. Al Gore $1,976.50 million All figures adjusted for inflation to 2016 values 2004: George W. Bush vs. John Kerry $2,435.60 million 2008: Barack Obama vs. John McCain $3,131.97 million 2012: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney $2,749.97 million 2016: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump $2,937.18 million Hillary Clinton Democrat Donald Trump Republican Clinton campaign committee $546.93m Clinton outside groups $425.91m Superpacs* $755.29m Other candidates* (21 candidates) $983.20m $165.85 Trump outside groups $60m Trump campaign committee *Federal Election Commission data released September 21, 2016 Sources: Clinton campaign committee, OpenSecrets.org Pictures: Associated Press