Candid Candidates

This is a chrome extension that allows you to hover over the names of politicians in news articles you read to show contextual information, including contact info and a list of political contributors.

Screenshot in action:

Test me after installing the extension:

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/cory-booker-rand-paul-ted-cruz_n_3749389.html
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/09/patty-murray-budget-_n_4242768.html
• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/harry_reid/
• http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/14/mccain-calls-kerry-a-human-wrecking-ball-on-iran-negotiations/
• http://www.factcheck.org/2013/12/boehner-vs-castro-on-the-exchange/

Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D0g6sPVbbSPZIm_XU1sOnJzXH2FZc5OF43sVuEn8LsA

TODO:

• news articles
• contributions to other people
• big issues for each candidate
• recent votes

Data from Open Secrets and the Sunlight Foundation

Campaign Contribution Data provided by http://www.opensecrets.org

How to install:

1. Download repository git clone git@github.com:typpo/political-annotations.git

2. Enable Developer Mode in Chrome Settings > Extensions > Click Developer mode

3. Load unpacked extension Click "Load unpacked extension" > navigate to /Chrome directory.

4. Refresh chrome://extensions/

5. Visit our test pages