Show HN: U.S. Elections, Campaign Finance and Legislation on a Miller-Column UI

ChamberZero has been a long-running personal project. This launch includes a complete redesign of the site and integration of election finance data.A complete money universe is constructed directly from itemized FEC transactions, 2008 to today.Elections go all the way back to 1788; who won every seat, with vote counts since 1976 (presidential since 1828).Bills, actions, and other legislative metadata go back to 1975 and roll-call votes to 1989 (as far as the public sources go).The Miller-column style allows quick drilling down to the raw source backing aggregate claims, especially useful for political data.For example [1]:Texas Elections
→ Talarico vs. Paxton
→ His top individual donor at $44.5K, well over the per-person limit
→ which turns out to be $63K given to the Talarico Victory Fund, with only Talarico's share credited to him
→ Each check linked to the FEC filing it was reported on.[1] https://chamberzero.com/col/home/elections-overview%3Acurren...

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