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Phones App Shows Political Leanings By Location

Posted by timothy on from the spectrum-issues-make-it-impractical-in-europe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This phone-enabled, java-app, Red | Blue, allows the user to identify the political leanings of their current location. "By taking your current location, and finding the nearest individual donors of campaign funds from the publicly available data from the Federal Elections Commission, red | blue is able to provide you an accurate reading of the political leanings of your surroundings -- red for Republican or blue for Democrat.""

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  1. Find donors here by kajoob · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a cool little search that let's you find who in your area (or wherever you want to search) donated how much to whom.

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  2. Simple Explanation by ObligatoryUserName · · Score: 4, Informative

    >> Am I the only one who's wondering why it's only available via cell phone?

    According to the site, this app is an extension of the fundrace.org website, which does let you input a zip code. The cellphone app just takes your current GPS coordinates and checks it against the same database. They aren't trying to sell the software, it seems that they thought it was a moderatly cool idea for a cellphone app and ran with it. Kudos to the devs.

  3. Yet another locator tool by xlv · · Score: 2, Informative

    At http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php, you can enter your address and see the contributors in your neighborhood...