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Feedback: a question on data correctness #286

Closed TJL58 closed 2 years ago

TJL58 commented 6 years ago

Hello Thank you for your Nextdoor posting: Public Ethics Commission Sponsors Website to Show Sources of Oakland Campaign Spending for November Election. Regarding political contributions in the OUSD District 4 School Board Seat race, the information is incomplete. Endorsed candidates benefit from well-funded campaigns in addition to their 'personally-run' campaigns. How does OpenDisclosure account for this collateral funding? Take, for example, the funding to elect Gary Yee in the amount of $102,119.60 as disclosed on California Form 496 filed 10/16/18 # VA-G18-036

go pac yee

Thank you Ms Larsen

sfdoran commented 6 years ago

Thanks for your question.

Open Disclosure does show third-party spending to support & oppose candidates (independent expenditures) on the candidate’s page.

If you scroll down, you’ll see the total independent expenditures for & against, as well as a list by committee.

It’s certainly challenging finding ways to present this information that are clear & easy to understand. We welcome your feedback/suggestions on how we might present independent expenditures in a way that’s more intuitive and less confusing.

TJL58 commented 6 years ago

Thank you for the prompt reply.

The presentation of the “amount collected” per candidate or measure page looks like a summary page. Independent expenditures should be shown there. Most viewers will not go further than what seems to be the ’summary’ page.

On Nov 2, 2018, at 9:13 PM, Suzanne Doran notifications@github.com wrote:

Thanks for your question.

Open Disclosure does show third-party spending to support & oppose candidates (independent expenditures) on the candidate’s page.

If you scroll down, you’ll see the total independent expenditures for & against, as well as a list by committee.

It’s certainly challenging finding ways to present this information that are clear & easy to understand. We welcome your feedback/suggestions on how we might present independent expenditures in a way that’s more intuitive and less confusing.

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sfdoran commented 2 years ago

Maplight's candidate dashboard shows a bar graph for candidates with contributions and IE's in support. We might think about doing something like that as well.