Web Site Shows Neighbor Campaign Donations

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=562&u=/ap/20040319/ap_on_hi_te/neighborly_politics_1&printer=1

Just type your address and ZIP code into the "Neighbor Search" tool at fundrace.org, and you'll get a list of what your neighbors gave to any of the presidential candidates last year — and how much.

Your nearest neighbors are listed first.

The tool uses technology called geocoding, which matches street addresses with longitude and latitude data. The match works about 70 percent of the time; in cases of failure, results are given based on ZIP code. Visitors can also search by name.

Candidates, by law, are required to disclose contributions of $200 or more, and the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) makes databases available for download. Electronic filings are currently available through Dec. 31, and the site's developer, Michael Frumin, plans to add data as they become available.

Frumin said Friday the site has attracted some 100,000 searches, from an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people, since the feature's launch Wednesday. He said the site benefited from mentions on prominent Web sites and Web journals.

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Most of the searches came from DUers, see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1255074 - QE

[bleedingheart]

1. opensecrets.org does the same thing

I wonder if this site isn't feeding off their info??? Or if it is some database you can just buy or access...

[Moderator]

2. This story is dated yesterday

Not LBN.