Coal Company Contributions to Federal Races
This tool is a visual demonstration of the network of funding relationships between coal companies and politicians.
The Relationship View and Table Views are two alternate presentations of the campaign contributions from company executives (and company Political Action Committees) to the politician's campaign committee.
Relationship view
In the relationship view, the more money a member has accepted from the coal industry, the bigger their picture is on the map. The more money they have accepted from an individual company, the thicker the line will be that connects them. Elected officials and companies are positioned by their relationships, those that are close together tend to have similar patterns of giving and receiving.
Table views (Politician view and Company view)
In the Politician table view, politicians can be ranked by their total dollar amount received. Click on a politicians for details about which companies gave to them, and then click on any company to see the individual donors who are associated with that company. You can view the FEC report of their donation by clicking on the
+ icon to the far right.
The Company view works the same way, but starting from a list of ranked companies instead of politicians.
Filters
By adjusting the filters from default values you can refine and simplify the relationship and table views. View the
FAQ for more detailed explaination.
Sources
This is a project of
Appalachian Voices and
Oil Change International, developed by
Greg Michalec and
Skye Bender-deMoll. Web design by Jamie Goodman and
Adam Chew.
The data are from the
Center for Responsive Politics,
Appalachian Voices GovTrack.us, the
Sunlight Labs API and the
Federal Election Commission.
Additonal information is located on the
Frequently Asked Questions page.
or contact:
coalmoney@priceofoil.org
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