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Wisconsin

hue

(4,949 posts) Tue Aug 6, 2013, 07:59 PM Aug 2013

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/data-visualization-mapping-scott-walker-s-donors/html_ed56bee0-fd3a-11e2-80f1-001a4bcf887a.html

Before Gov. Scott Walker announced Act 10, the legislation that weakened public-sector labor unions by limiting collective bargaining to only wage increases, in February 2011, more than 91 percent of contributions to Friends of Scott Walker came from Wisconsin.

Since then, only 38 percent of the money to Walker's campaign war chest has come from Wisconsin.

Use the interactive graphic below to see contribution data since July 2008 by ZIP code and state

Read more: http://host.madison.com/tncms/asset/editorial/c53a1230-e34b-11e2-bd0f-001a4bcf887a/#ixzz2bEjlZ0lo

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Data visualization: Mapping Scott Walker's donors (Original Post) hue Aug 2013 OP

It's time to get money out of politics. xfundy Aug 2013 #1

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1. It's time to get money out of politics.

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 10:19 PM

Aug 2013

All of it. Money does not equal "speech," it equals money. Money to buy media to support or shit on whatever the moneybags of the moment want.