Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, (which was ) a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
逗号前的句子只是陈述一个事实,句子主干部分主干是costs accounted for the spending,那么a greater proportion并不能解释the spending,逻辑不合理,所以比较的对象应该是a greater proportion和以前的proportion比。