Presidential Races

1. Choose what race you want to see by selecting the election year to the left.
2. Adjust the 'Filters' to change the number of candiates and relations shown. [?]
3. Click 'Find the Oil Money!'

Choose Race

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Election Year: 2008 2004 2000

Filters [?]

Show the top - of contributions

Show the top - of candidates

Show the top - of companies

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Choose a candidate on the left to see a breakdown of oil contributions.

Choose a company on the left to see a breakdown of oil contributions.

Gas and Oil Company Contributions to Federal Races

This tool is a visual demonstration of the network of funding relationships between oil companies and politicians.

The Relationship View and Table Views are two alternate presentations of the campaign contributions from company executives (and company Political Action Committees) to the candidate's campaign committee.

Relationship view

In the relationship view, the more money a member has accepted from the oil industry, the bigger their picture is on the map. The more money they have accepted from an individual company, the thicker the line will be that connects them. Elected officials and companies are positioned by their relationships, those that are close together tend to have similar patterns of giving and receiving.

Table views (Politician view and Company view)

In the Politician table view, politicians can be ranked by their total dollar amount received. Click on a politicians for details about which companies gave to them, and then click on any company to see the individual donors who are associated with that company. You can view the FEC report of their donation by clicking on the + icon to the far right.

The Company view works the same way, but starting from a list of ranked companies instead of politicians.

Filters

By adjusting the filters from default values you can refine and simplify the relationship and table views. View the FAQ for more detailed explaination.

Sources

This is a project of Oil Change International, developed by Greg Michalec and Skye Bender-deMoll. Web design by Adam Chew.

The data are from the Center for Responsive Politics, GovTrack.us, the Sunlight Labs API and the Federal Election Commission.

Additonal information is located on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

or contact: oilmoney@priceofoil.org