de_campaign_finance

Looking at campaign finance data from the state of Delaware

Basic guide to git:

http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

To use this code:

copy config_example.py to config.py

Edit CONTRIBUTION_CSV_DIRECTORY to point to where you will store the CSV files. For privacy reasons, this git will not host the CSV files with users campaign contribution data.

Load the database from de_scrape.sql, and edit your config.py to point to it

Load state data from states.sql

Downloading campaign contribution data:

Method known to give you all the data

• Goto https://cfrs.elections.delaware.gov
• Click on "View Contributions / Loans"
• Select a year, click search, and download the CSV file.
• Store the files in a directory, recommended store format: DE_Contributions_.csv such as DE_Contributions_2016.csv

Quick method

• Goto https://cfrs.elections.delaware.gov
• Click on "View Contributions / Loans"
• Type % into the 'Name feild', click search, and download the 40mb CSV file.
• Store the files in a directory, recommended store format: DE_Contributions.csv

Managing code

Code is loaded from manage.py. There is a test command you can use on the command line to make sure Flask is set up correctly.