More Mapped Election Finances
The Federal Elections Commission has announced a map-presentation of campaign finance data for House and Senate races in 2008. This is a companion to the Presidential campaign finance map we noted in June.
A mouse-over on the House and Senate version shows the number of Representative Districts in the state. Clicking on the map brings up a state-view showing all the Districts boundaries. Mousing-over on that map highlights the District and shows the folks running for that seat.
From there, one can drill down to see detailed financial and donor data for each candidate.
As map-presented data goes, this is a fairly simple-looking site. But it leads users to a wealth of data. And that's probably the point.
A mouse-over on the House and Senate version shows the number of Representative Districts in the state. Clicking on the map brings up a state-view showing all the Districts boundaries. Mousing-over on that map highlights the District and shows the folks running for that seat.
From there, one can drill down to see detailed financial and donor data for each candidate.
As map-presented data goes, this is a fairly simple-looking site. But it leads users to a wealth of data. And that's probably the point.
Labels: campaigncontributions, Election, FEC, federal, internet, national, web
posted by Mike Mahaffie at 7:36 PM
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