Title: Follow the Money: National Institute on Money in State Politics

Source/Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Money in State Politics

URL: http://www.followthemoney.org/

Date Checked: 8/7/2008      Status: Updated

Date Annotated: 9/7/2006

Topics: Politics

Other keywords: Campaign Finance; Elections

Contents: “The Institute on Money in State Politics is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to accurate, comprehensive and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance at the state level.” Their Follow the Money website provides users with access to state-by-state campaign contribution information organized by election year, candidate, contributor, or special interest. The “Power Search” allows multi-state multi-year searches. Attractive layout, colorful graphics, and interconnected links make search results easy to read and understand. Additionally, the Institute makes available numerous research reports on current topics of interest, and provides links to other sites dealing with money in politics. E-mail updates are available to those who are interested. This is an excellent site for tracking money in state elections.

Author of Annotation: J. Jones