Mashup: Influence Tracker
MAPlight.org launched the Influence Tracker widget to provide voters with financial information that influences political candidates. For example, by entering a senators name Influence Tracker will output capital contributions that might have swayed that senators vote.
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- See Every Federal Lobbyist in the US since 1999, all their clients, what they charged, and who they lobbied for each client.
- Maplight.org combines political results with financial contributions to show how capital contributions affect voting. This specific mashup allows users to track financial contributions that might...
- Interactive visualization of campaign contributions to US federal politicians. See how the finance, insurance and real estate industries spend the most. Built with the Google Motion Chart tool and...
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