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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 06:59 PM
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Scary: Web site tracks your neighbors' political contributions...
Edited on Sun May-23-04 07:01 PM by FlashHarry
http://www.fundrace.org/

Even scarier, check out the US map

(I see my neighbor, Warren Buffet, gave $2,000 to Bob Graham On edit: I see Jimmy Buffet did, too. I wonder if there's a connection... :) )
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FreedomReload Donating Member (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:08 PM
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1. What is scary about it?
Edited on Sun May-23-04 07:10 PM by FreedomReload
This is all public information.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:09 PM
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2. Scary? The scary stuff is the behind closed door contributions
All this above-board stuff is cool.
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:10 PM
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3. Damn. Even south florida is just about solid red
The neo-con's plan is working.
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Fescue4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:15 PM
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4. Clearly Biased.
Look at the map. There is very little support for Kerry.

If anything that map should be almost all blue.

There is no way that there is that much support for Bush.
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MAlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:29 PM
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6. financial support is different than electoral support
and this is not fully updated...
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:22 PM
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5. Warren and Jimmy are distant cousins
And, by the way, Jimmy Buffett campaigns for Democratic candidates frequently in Alabama.
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:43 PM
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7. Wow...I can't believe how many University of Notre Dame...
professors are contributing to the Democratic party.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:53 PM
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8. Well, that proves is that the pubs still have all the money...
...go figure.
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President Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 07:58 PM
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9. Plug: newsmeat.com is much better
I know it's kinda fun to look at fundrace because they have that address match feature, but the data they publish does not match the FEC's official database, so I don't know how accurate it is. Plus, it only covers the 2004 election cycle, and only contributions to presidential candidates.

newsmeat.com shows ALL donations over $200 made to any candidate for federal office (or any PAC) from 1993 to the present.

You get a much more holistic view of someone's politic with this type of data than you do with the limited data provided on fundrace.org.

/plug :-)
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 08:27 PM
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11. Jeez. Look at the difference between Steve Jobs & Mike Dell.
Glad I'm typing this on a Mac!
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LizW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 08:02 PM
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10. This is cool
I live in Freeperworld, Alabama, but it turns out several of my neighbors donated to Democrats. It's encouraging, really.
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 08:32 PM
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12. Sammy Hagar's a Pug???
Hilarious! He's even donated to Dana Rorbacher...TWICE!
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