This is an impressive mash-up of social media and data by OpenSecrets.org to reveal the connections between donors and US presidential candidates.
It offers a visual representation of who is funding whom and the links between them. The interactive flash graphic puts an accessible and compelling interface to the byzantine world of political funding. We got a sneak peak at it during the Knight New Media Center seminar on Election ’08.
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Ron Paul’s major donors were Google and Microsoft. All other candidates, namely J.M., B.O. and H.C. were supported by major global law and finance and investments firms.
That’s sad.