FEC Makes It Easy For Citizen Journalists To Keep Track Of Presidential Campaign Finances

If you are like me, you are probably curious about how much money has been raised by your favorite presidential candidates in you home state or even your hometown. You are in luck. The FEC has posted a very user friendly map on their website showing nearly everything you might want to know about presidential campaign contributions.

For example, at the end of April John Edwards reported raising $5,400 in Eastern Jackson County and the surrounding counties with a 640XX zip codes out of the $30,740 donated to his campaign by Missouri residents.

As of the last filing Ron Paul had raised $7,950 from the good citizens of Missouri. Of that total $2,300 was contributed by an Independence man whose name is familiar to me.

Based on the current filings, the map tool is extremely powerful. It takes you right down to the donor level. The FEC promises to update the page to include 2nd quarter contributions shortly after July 15.

This is one Internet tool I intend to bookmark.