Must-see diagram tracks millions in campaign finance spending by Florida’s political committees

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During the 2012 cycle, 1,145 political committees in Florida raised almost $220 million. ContributionLink took a closer look at 33 of the most active ECOs and CCEs and logged each fund transfer transaction between them – both to and from. The interactive node chart found here represents 923 fund transfers through 311 committees for a total of $22 million.

 

About this node chart diagram – The nodes (points) and edges (arrows) are colored based on an algorithm that groups by the number of shared transactions between the nodes. The nodes are size-scaled based on the number of total transactions by the committee represented. The thickness of an edge is determined by the sum of the total transactions between the two nodes.

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.