Comments on: FEC Interactive Campaign Contribution Maps

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:30:23 +0000

How does this compare to population sizes of those states?

By: just me

just me — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:20:36 +0000

Honestly I don't care how much a company or an individual gives to a single candidate or party-they can donate every last dime as far as I am concerned, I think it is more important to know who is giving what to whom than how much they are giving.

Ditch the restrictions on amounts, but require that ever penny, every donor, and every recipient be made public record and published online within X number of days of the gift.

By: jeff b

jeff b — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:01:52 +0000

The New York Times software is itself a derivative of the original tool: fundrace.org

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:33:10 +0000

Certainly, sunshine will be more effective than “finance reform” laws that attempt to keep money out of the process.

I agree, but I'd feel more comfortable if McCain-Feingold were repealed. It hasn't done anything to affect me, but who knows what will happen when a more activist FEC plays with the law.

By: respublica

respublica — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:21:13 +0000

Presidential candidate money map...

The FEC has an interactive map up on its site which shows how much each candidate has raised state by state and even down to the zip codes. Click the bubbles and information comes up on the side listing how...