Working with US Elections, campaign finance, and US Congress data.
Start a new python virtualenv
pip install -r requirements.txt
Download the data from FEC ftp
python download.py
Download the data headers
python download_headers.py
Unzip all of the files
python unzip_data.py
Make sure that the neo4j database is running
Load the data
python load_candidates.py
- Create models for the committees and individual contributions
- Add in committtees and individual contributions
- Django-fy this for a web application