Here's How Much Massachusetts' Ballot Questions Cost

Massachusetts' 2016 ballot questions pulled in a heck of a haul this election cycle, garnering nearly $56 million, all with the intent of changing your mind or solidifying your opposition on four key questions.

Patch has the breakdown below of how much each ballot campaign raised this election-cycle. These are the fundraising numbers as they stand at 5 p.m. the day before the Nov. 8 election, courtesy the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

Leading the pack by a staggering margin is Question 2, where a "yes" would raise the cap on charter schools and enrollment. Between the two sides, that question alone took in nearly $40 million.

The "David and Goliath" award goes to Question 1, where proponents of adding a second slots parlor poured more than $3 million into the push, and opponents spent a relative pittance — about $35,000.

Overview: All Four Massachusetts Ballot Questions for November 2016

However, before you dive into the fundraising totals for all four questions, let's use Question 1 as an example that appears to prove an adage: money isn't everything.

A late-October survey by Suffolk University and The Boston Globe found only about 30 percent of respondents supported Question 2. About 57 percent of those polled opposed the question, and another 13 percent was undecided.

All that in mind, here are the fundraising totals for each ballot question:

Question 1

Yes: $3,236,257.93

No: $35,200.00

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Question 2

Yes: $24,167,379.81

No: $15,397,988.00

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Question 3

Yes: $2,745,641.09

No: $302,600.00

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Question 4

Yes: $6,418,489.52

No: $3,046,024.02

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You can dig into all of those numbers on the OCPF's website here.

Still making up your mind before Tuesday? Patch has put together an overview of all four ballot questions and the forces aligned for and against them here.

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