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JohnCRuf / alderman_machine

This is the repository for a research project investigating clientelistic politics in Chicago
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Verify that spending totals align. If they don't align, why? #10

Closed JohnCRuf closed 1 year ago

JohnCRuf commented 1 year ago

The PDFs contain accurate expenditure totals. Some of my expenditure totals obtained from summing the elements are much less. For example, from the collected dataset, the 49th ward's total expenditures are $365,839.8. In the 2005 PDF, it is $1,320,000.00. What gives?

JohnCRuf commented 1 year ago

Verification script created as of commit e9cf310