Map Political Contributions in Your Zip Code
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Matthew Kane did a Google Mashup for a class at
Indiana University and we all benefit! His project
allows you to enter a zip code and get two pie
charts and a Google map of campaign donators; you
can check it out at
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~markane/i590/contributors.html .

The front page does note "realize that due to
limitations in the geocoding as well as my data
source this system does NOT work very well for zip
codes representing a small population and
contributions under $200 are not required to be
present in the public databases." So be warned.
Also be warned that this just maps contributions
for the two major parties in the 2004 presidential
campaign so should be thought of as more of a
snapshot than anything else.

Now that I'm done bumming you out, enter a zip
code. I entered 90210. (Note you can also specify
that you want phone numbers in your results, but
that will end up taking a long time.) The two pie
charts will tell you the percentage of people
donating to Democrats vs. Republicans. The second
chart will tell you the percentage of donated
money that went to Republicans vs. Democrats.

The third pie chart maps out the donators in the
zip code area with red and blue markers. Click a
marker and you'll get a name and address, the
amount they donated, and to whom they donated.
Note that donations were not just to the main
presidential candidates, but also to the DNC, RNC,
other candidates like Clark and Dean, etc.