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Google, where are you getting MN candidate info from? #49

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
http://pollinglocation.apis.google.com/?q=1799%20Lindy%20Ave,%20Roseville,%20MN%
2055113

This person's CD is MN-4
can be verified here:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
with zip 55113

This is not in the VIP Feed. No candidate data is.  Would recommend that if 
candidate data is not in a feed, you only display statewide races.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by aaro...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 4:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This data comes from AP.
Basically, AFAIK, if we are wrong, everyone else will be wrong.

Feed data has as much chance of being wrong as the other segments, so i'd 
rather track down whether this is a bad segment that has wrong congressional id 
or just broken otherwise.

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 4:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I'm tempted to say "if everyone else jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge"...but it's 
your tool, do what you will.

Original comment by aaro...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 4:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Here's the thing though.
You want us to say the VIP project feeds have a better handle on correct 
candidate info for non-state races, but that's not clearly true either.

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 6:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This was fixed later that night by an updated street segment file.

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 8 Nov 2010 at 10:04