A tool for obtaining political contribution data from FEC.GOV, putting it in a database (with normalizing and indexing), and advanced GUI for querying by various selectable criteria. Simple enough for a novice but advanced enough for power-users.

Features

  • 2010 Support added.
  • Rich UI to parse and explore campaign contribution data.
  • Downloads and builds database automatically.
  • Database file can be imported in MySQL/MS-SQL/Access or SAS, R, PASW(SPSS).
  • Create your own custom queries without knowing SQL.

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Database schema Downloading data and assembling database. Compare candidates. Filter by profession Filter by contribution Search for candidates

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

Windows

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop, Government, Non-Profit Organizations

User Interface

Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

Visual Basic

Database Environment

Flat-file, Microsoft Access, SQL-based

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Visual Basic Topic Software

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2009-01-05
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