FEC Helps Bloggers Track Campaign Cash
From Townhall.com:
The Federal Election Commission introduced a new feature Tuesday on its website to track presidential campaign donations as a part of a larger effort to make campaign finance data more accessible.The FEC now has an online map that graphically displays individual contributions to 2008 Presidential candidates, organized by zip code. Users may also look at and compare contributions to specific candidates, all candidates, or all candidates from a political party.
The new system also allows users to export campaign finance data to an Excel spreadsheet.