Texas Governor's Race Donation Maps
The major candidates in the governor's race get their campaign money from predictable places, namely urban areas, but there are subtle differences between them, according to the latest ethics filings.
To better understand the geography of the money race, we mapped the candidates' contributions by city, using graduated symbols to highlight their most lucrative areas. The bubbles in the maps get larger based on their percentage of a candidate's total contributions.
Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has collected the most individual donations in the race, received money from many places across the state. But she cleaned up in Houston ...
Comments (2)
doncruse
I'd be really curious to see a map like this with donations adjusted for population. That would make the differences in the candidates' support jump off the page.
That might be a challenge (or might generate too much noise with small data sets) at a city-by-city level, but I suspect it could be done by region of the state without too much hassle.
Matt Stiles
Good point, Don. I had the same idea. I'll try to post that soon.