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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 09 May 2008 19:45:13 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>FEC Data Mart</title><subtitle>FEC Data Mart</subtitle><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-01-02T23:36:17Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Top/Bottom States per Capita per Candidate</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2008/1/2/topbottom-states-per-capita-per-candidate.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2008/1/2/topbottom-states-per-capita-per-candidate.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2008-01-02T23:02:47Z</published><updated>2008-01-02T23:02:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[For each candidate, shows top 5 and bottom 5 contributing states per capita]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Q2 Rumors, Fishy Data</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/10/q2-rumors-fishy-data.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/10/q2-rumors-fishy-data.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-10T20:39:30Z</published><updated>2007-06-10T20:39:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Either the candidates are hugely derelict with their Q2 reporting or else there is a bug in my import logic. I suspect the former however I will triple-check.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Weekly Detail vs Quarterly Summary</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/9/weekly-detail-vs-quarterly-summary.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/9/weekly-detail-vs-quarterly-summary.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-09T18:31:36Z</published><updated>2007-06-09T18:31:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[To understand some of the analysis posted here (and elsewhere) it's useful to understand the distinction between the weekly detailed data and the quarterly summary data.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Q2 Rumors</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/8/q2-rumors.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/8/q2-rumors.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-08T14:33:35Z</published><updated>2007-06-08T14:33:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Fundraising rumors concerning Obama and Clinton reported by the Huffington Post]]></summary></entry><entry><title>PAC/Committee Dollars</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/6/paccommittee-dollars.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/6/paccommittee-dollars.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-06T17:36:46Z</published><updated>2007-06-06T17:36:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Chart of the money the candidates have accepted from PACs/Committees]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Summary by Candidate 3/31/07</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/5/summary-by-candidate-33107.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/5/summary-by-candidate-33107.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-05T02:48:31Z</published><updated>2007-06-05T02:48:31Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Chart of contributions and cash on hand for presidential candidates.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Summary by Party 3/31/07</title><category>Analysis</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/5/summary-by-party-33107.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/5/summary-by-party-33107.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-05T00:58:59Z</published><updated>2007-06-05T00:58:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Chart of contributions and cash on hand for presidential candidates summarized by party.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Data Issues</title><category>Meta</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/3/data-issues.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/3/data-issues.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-03T23:32:46Z</published><updated>2007-06-03T23:32:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Problems with FEC source data]]></summary></entry><entry><title>About FEC Data Mart</title><category>Meta</category><id>http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/2/about-fec-data-mart.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomchester.net/fec_articles/2007/6/2/about-fec-data-mart.html"/><author><name>Tom</name></author><published>2007-06-02T17:04:51Z</published><updated>2007-06-02T17:04:51Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I've implemented a data mart based on campaign finance data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and will be blogging about the project from two perspectives:]]></summary></entry></feed>