$def with (items, what, name)
$var width: 90%
$var color: white
$code:
def get_headings(property):
headings = {
'n_bills_cosponsored':
("Joiners: Members ranked by bills they co-sponsor",
"Members co-sponsor the bills of others to signal their support. \
The data is from the 11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us."),
'n_bills_introduced':
("Legislators: Members ranked by bills they've introduced",
"The first step of the legislative process occurs when a member \
introduces a bill for consideration by his colleagues. Most bills \
introduced never pass. The data is from the 11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us."),
'n_bills_debated':
("Debatable: Members ranked by bills debated",
"Most bills introduced by members of Congress end up 'dying in \
committee', and are never considered (or debated) by the full \
House or Senate. This chart ranks members based by the number of \
bills they sponsored that received a floor debate. The data is from \
the 11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us."),
'n_bills_enacted':
("Lawmakers: Members ranked by bills enacted",
"This chart ranks members based by the number of bills they \
sponsored that were enacted into law. The data is from the \
11Xth Congress, supplied by GovTrack.us."),
'nominate':
("Convictions: Members ranked by ideology",
"Based on analysis of congressional votes. Zero equals least \
ideological, 1 is more conservative, while -1 is more liberal."),
'predictability':
("Mavericks: Members ranked by predictability",
"Based on analysis of congressional votes. Members who vote most \
often with their party are closer to 1, members who vote against \
their party are closer to 0."),
'pct_spent':
("Spenders: Candidates ranked by percentage of funds spent",
"Calculated by dividing total funds raised by total amount spent. \
Based on individual, PAC and candidate contributions to congressional \
campaign committees, according to FEC data from the 200X election cycle"),
'pct_self':
("Self-Financers: Candidates ranked by percent of personal funds given or loaned to campaign",
"Calculated by dividing total amount raised by total amount \
contributed by the candidate (as opposed to individuals or PACs). \
Based on individual, PAC and candidate contributions to congressional \
campaign committees, according to FEC data from the 200X election cycle."),
'pct_indiv':
("Personal Touch: Candidates ranked by percentage of funds contributed by individuals",
"Calculated by dividing total amount raised by total amount contributed \
by individuals (as opposed to PACs or candidate contributions). Based on \
individual, PAC and candidate contributions to congressional campaign \
committees, according to FEC data from the 200X election cycle."),
'pct_pac':
("PAC men: Candidates ranked by percentage of funds contributed by Political Action Committees",
"Calculated by dividing total amount raised by total amount contributed \
by PACs (as opposed to individuals or candidate contributions). Based on \
individual, PAC and candidate contributions to congressional campaign \
committees, according to FEC data from the 200X election cycle."),
'money_raised':
("Fundraisers: Candidates ranked by amount of money raised",
"Based on individual, PAC and candidate contributions to congressional \
campaign committees, according to FEC data from the 200X election cycle."),
}
default_heading = "Distribution of %s " % (name or what)
h, sh = headings.get(property, (default_heading, ''))
return h, sh
$ heading, subheading = get_headings(what)
$var title: $heading
<h1>$heading</h1>
<p class='subheading'>$subheading</p>
<ol class="chartlist">
$for item in items:
<li id="$item.id">
<a href="$item.path">$item.name</a>
<span class="count">$item[what]
$if what.startswith('pct_'): %
</span>
<span class="index" style="width: $abs(int(item.pct))%"></span>
</li>
</ol>
<br/></br>
$code:
footer_msg = {
'nominate': "Analysis performed by VoteView, based on votes in 11Xth Congress.",
'predictability' : "Analysis performed by VoteView, based on votes in 11Xth Congress.",
'pct_spent': "Some members may have spent more than 100 percent because their campaigns \
borrowed money or they spent funds they had raised in previous cycles.",
'pct_self': "Federal election law allows candidates to spend unlimited amounts of their \
own money (but their spouse's money) on their campaigns. They can donate this \
money directly, or loan it to their campaign (and later have the campaign pay \
them back, with interest).",
'pct_indiv': "In the 2008 election cycle, individual contributions were capped at\
\$2,300 per cycle per election per candidate for individual donors. That \
means that, in the 2008 cycle, a donor could give any candidate for Congress \
\$2,300 for her primary election (even if she ran unopposed) and another \
\$2,300 for the general election-or $4,300 in all. Individual campaign \
contribution limits are now indexed for inflation.",
'pct_pac': "PAC contributions are capped at $5,000 per cycle per election per \
candidate for individual donors. That means that, in the 2008 election \
cycle, a PAC could give any candidate for Congress $5,000 for her primary \
election (even if she ran unopposed) and another $5,000 for the general \
election-or $10,000 in all. PAC contribution limits are not indexed for \
inflation.",
}
<p class='footer-msg'>$footer_msg.get(what, '')</p>
