http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/efile_search.shtml 2008-08-02T10:05:22Z The point shapefile shows business locations where Obama campaign spent money in the month of April, 2008. Between Jan and Jun, 2008, Obama has spent record amounts of money (over $200 million) for his presidential bid. Nearly $38.3 million were spent in April alone. The top five locations in terms of $ amount and type of expenditure for April, 2008 are: 1. Philadelphia, PA 19175; Media buy, over $17 million 2. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 333360; Credit card charge, over $2.4 million 3. Kansas City, MO 64153; Air Travel, over $2 million 4. St. Louis, MO 63102; Media buy, over $1.3 million 5. Milwaukee, WI 53127; Printing, nearly $800k million Note that the data for expenditure was extracted from the monthly campaign finance report filed by Obama campaign for the month of April 2008. The expenditure data was aggregated by Business names and then geocoded. FEC Notice: Reports and statements filed by political committees may be inspected and copied by anyone. The names and addresses of individual contributors, however, may not be sold or used for any commercial purpose or to solicit any type of contribution or donation, such as political or charitable contributions. 2 U.S.C. §438(a)(4); 11 CFR 104.15. This restriction applies to Federal reports and statements. Any person who violates this restriction is subject to the penalties of 2 U.S.C. §437g. http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/sale_and_use_brochure.pdf 3670 614440 Campaign finance reports filed by Obama campaign with Federal Election Commission (FEC) 48.5487980000001 -67.9896639999999 http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml 25.6867081285146 -124.230894687996 FEC, Spatial distribution of Obama campaign spending in Apr 2008, USA, Apr 2008 2008-08-02T12:00:00Z 3869 true described politics, Obama, "presidential campaign", "campaign spending", elections, primaries 2010-02-05T23:19:31Z aark aark http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/efile_search.shtml 2008-08-02T10:05:22Z The point shapefile shows business locations where Obama campaign spent money in the month of April, 2008. Between Jan and Jun, 2008, Obama has spent record amounts of money (over $200 million) for his presidential bid. Nearly $38.3 million were spent in April alone. The top five locations in terms of $ amount and type of expenditure for April, 2008 are: 1. Philadelphia, PA 19175; Media buy, over $17 million 2. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 333360; Credit card charge, over $2.4 million 3. Kansas City, MO 64153; Air Travel, over $2 million 4. St. Louis, MO 63102; Media buy, over $1.3 million 5. Milwaukee, WI 53127; Printing, nearly $800k million Note that the data for expenditure was extracted from the monthly campaign finance report filed by Obama campaign for the month of April 2008. The expenditure data was aggregated by Business names and then geocoded. FEC Notice: Reports and statements filed by political committees may be inspected and copied by anyone. The names and addresses of individual contributors, however, may not be sold or used for any commercial purpose or to solicit any type of contribution or donation, such as political or charitable contributions. 2 U.S.C. §438(a)(4); 11 CFR 104.15. This restriction applies to Federal reports and statements. Any person who violates this restriction is subject to the penalties of 2 U.S.C. §437g. http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/sale_and_use_brochure.pdf 3670 614440 Campaign finance reports filed by Obama campaign with Federal Election Commission (FEC) 48.5487980000001 -67.9896639999999 http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml 25.6867081285146 -124.230894687996 FEC, Spatial distribution of Obama campaign spending in Apr 2008, USA, Apr 2008 2008-08-02T12:00:00Z 3869 true described politics, Obama, "presidential campaign", "campaign spending", elections, primaries 2010-02-05T23:19:31Z aark aark Business/Individual Name 2 49731 Business/Individual Name 2 First 3670 Y coordinate 49724 Y coordinate Y 3670 Type of expenditure. Note that in some cases, the expenditure type may appear wrong. Its the artifact of aggregating data by business and location. For eg., American express credit card usage is for catering, travel, postage etc... The aggregation will pick the alphabetically the first type, i.e., catering. Although all of these spendings are related to credit card purchases. 49730 Type of expenditure Type 3670 Street address 49728 Street address Street 3670 Month and year 49727 Month and Year MonthYear 3670 Amount of business expenditure 49721 Amount of business expenditure Expense 3670 Street address 2 49726 Street address 2 St2 3670 X coordinate 49723 X coordiante X 3670 Business/Individual Name 1 49718 Business/Individual Name 1 Last 3670 State 49725 State State 3670 Business/Individual Name 3 49722 Business/Individual Name 3 M 3670 Zipcode 49720 Zipcode Zip 3670 City 49717 City City 3670 3 2430 campaign spending 141 89 elections 74 986 obama 209 25 politics 11 1736 presidential campaign 22 673 primaries 3 2430 campaign spending 141 89 elections 74 986 obama 209 25 politics 11 1736 presidential campaign 22 673 primaries