Re: A Canada Votes Dbase + Welcome!

Posted by Michael Lenczner on Jan 13, 2006; 5:45pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/A-Canada-Votes-Dbase-Welcome-tp155p156.html

"Additionally, the site contains a RSS feed of recent votes by each
member of Congress."

drool!

(I'm not sure how many people are on the list right now, but for any
of you who don't know what RSS feeds are, it's like easily being able
to sign up for email announcements on subjects of your choice, but you
don't have to request permession to subscribe or unsubscribe.  it's
all handled by the user.)



On 1/13/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Greetings / Bonjour!
>
>
> I have been thinking about what to post to the list, and well, this timely announcement arrived on my desktop a few minutes ago! / Je cherchais un sujet pour notre nouvelle liste, et, soundainement je reçois le message suivant sur mon ordi. Niiice!
>
> **********
> I had 4 conversations this week about how to get access to Ottawa city Council councilor votes (virtually impossible really!), and for obvious reasons, I have been looking for other types of election data this week (e.g. such as who funds who and from where, who voted what when, geolocated poling results, trying to find tools that would show the spatial impact or model the real implications of of party platforms, etc.)  While the WP dbase is not the answer to all of my info & data dreams, and it is run by a major news distributor, it is an nice citizen decision support tool.
>
> What are your thoughts? Is there one of these in Canada at any scale (mun, prov/terr, fed)?
>
> and
>
> Welcome to the list!
> Tracey
>
> ***************
>
> Cette semaine je voulais m'informer de la façon que les conceilliers de la ville d'Ottawa on voté sur certains sujets (wow! presque impossible!).  Aussi, les elections courrante m'inspire de chercher pour toutes sortes de données, tel que : qui subventionne les différents partis politiques, de quel regions viennent ces fonds, qui a voté pour quoi, les resultats des enquètes politiques par regions, des outils qui démontrerais les effets réels sur l'environement des propositions et des exemples qui me permettraient de façon visuelles de voir et manipuler les implications des platformes, etc.  Bref, la banque de données du Washington Post ne réponds à mes demandes, mais, comme citoyennes, c'est un petit outil qui me semble utile à former des décisions informées.
>
> Qu'en pensez-vous? Est-ce qu'il y a un modèle comme celui-ci pour le Canada?
>
> et
>
> bienvenu à tous sur la liste!
>
> Tracey
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Appalachian Studies [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Roy
> Silver
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:25 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: U.S. Congress Votes Database
>
> U.S. Congress Votes Database
> http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
>
> While many people may eventually become aware of how their elected officials
> in the U.S. Congress voted on a particular bill or resolution, this database
> created by the Washington Post will allow them to find out rather quickly.
> Utilizing a variety of authoritative data sources (such as the web site of
> the Senate and the Library of Congress's THOMAS site), the database contains
> the results of every vote cast in the Congress since 1991. Visitors can look
> at vote results in a variety of different ways, such as particular Congress
> or a particular individual. Recently, they also added a selection of "Votes
> by Type", such as those cast on impeachments, treaties, and vice-
> presidential tiebreakers. Additionally, the site contains a RSS feed of
> recent votes by each member of Congress.
>
>
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