The FEC tracks a ton of data about contributions to campaigns and political committees. While it's illegal to use this data for certain purposes (e.g., solicitation of funds), it can be useful for other purposes. The simplest way that I can find to access FEC data is through the OpenFEC API.
Workflow Example
Find all contributions made by a certain individual in a given election cycle
Determine whether that individual donates to both parties
Determine the highest amount that that individual has given to a senate campaign
Etc.
Proposal
This will be pretty similar to Noah's census data tool, but adapted to the various functionalities of OpenFEC.
Motivation
The FEC tracks a ton of data about contributions to campaigns and political committees. While it's illegal to use this data for certain purposes (e.g., solicitation of funds), it can be useful for other purposes. The simplest way that I can find to access FEC data is through the OpenFEC API.
Workflow Example
Find all contributions made by a certain individual in a given election cycle Determine whether that individual donates to both parties Determine the highest amount that that individual has given to a senate campaign Etc.
Proposal
This will be pretty similar to Noah's census data tool, but adapted to the various functionalities of OpenFEC.