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  "id": 2998,
  "title": "Better late than never",
  "url": "/competitions/cir-prospect/discussion/2998",
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  "post_date": "2012-10-26T19:50:15.113Z",
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  "content": "<p>As I mentioned in my last-minute &quot;glimpse&quot; submission, this data is just too good to be measured by the size of the prize, let alone the lapsed contest date!</p>\r\n<p>i've posted background re: the graph analysis in the attached image at</p>\r\n<p>http://rikiwiki.electronicartifacts.com/2012-election-financing</p>\r\n<p>if any of the rest of you Kaggle-ites are still engaged by this data, let me know!</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "10/26/2012 19:50:15",
      "content": "<p>As I mentioned in my last-minute &quot;glimpse&quot; submission, this data is just too good to be measured by the size of the prize, let alone the lapsed contest date!</p>\r\n<p>i've posted background re: the graph analysis in the attached image at</p>\r\n<p>http://rikiwiki.electronicartifacts.com/2012-election-financing</p>\r\n<p>if any of the rest of you Kaggle-ites are still engaged by this data, let me know!</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "10/27/2012 00:28:17",
      "content": "<p>Do you have the FEC dictionaries? They should have all of the codes used in the data.</p>\r\n<p>ftp://ftp.fec.gov/FEC/data_dictionaries/</p>\r\n<p>Cool graph. Did you pick out all the for/against &quot;contributions&quot;? Otherwise y'r data, as someone else on here pointed out, will be misleading.</p>",
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      "postDate": "10/27/2012 00:58:50",
      "content": "<p>hi junk99,&nbsp; i have looked through at least some of the FEC meta-data, but there's a lot, it seems convoluted, and changing all the time (cf,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.fec.gov/blog/disclosure/entry/four_4_new_transaction_type\">http://www.fec.gov/blog/disclosure/entry/four_4_new_transaction_type</a>).&nbsp;\r\n i'm hoping to bump into others with expertise about these.</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>&quot;Did you pick out all the for/against &quot;contributions&quot;? Otherwise y'r data, as someone else on here pointed out, will be misleading.&quot;</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>again, i did my best first effort.&nbsp; i have logic handling several type 24 codes mentioned here (but can you still find the post here, i cannot?), and also negative contribution amounts.&nbsp; do you have expertise about this?</p>",
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      "postDate": "10/27/2012 01:05:28",
      "content": "<p>I just got familiar with the data during the contest. It sounds like you already picked out 24A (&quot;INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AGAINST&quot;) and 24N (&quot;COMMUNICATION COST AGAINST CANDIDATE&quot;). The post I was talking about was actually a proposal https://www.kaggle.com/c/cir-prospect/prospector#180</p>\r\n<p>Did you already see these transaction dictionaries?</p>",
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      "postDate": "10/27/2012 02:02:50",
      "content": "<p>Hi rikb,</p>\r\n<p>Yes, this truly fascinating data, and it is especially interesting when you consider there is &gt;10 years of it at http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml</p>\r\n<p>I'm looking forward to digging into the historical stuff some time and see what gems lie in there...</p>",
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      "post_date": "10/27/2012 00:28:17",
      "content": "<p>Do you have the FEC dictionaries? They should have all of the codes used in the data.</p>\r\n<p>ftp://ftp.fec.gov/FEC/data_dictionaries/</p>\r\n<p>Cool graph. Did you pick out all the for/against &quot;contributions&quot;? Otherwise y'r data, as someone else on here pointed out, will be misleading.</p>",
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      "author_name": "rikb49442",
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      "content": "<p>hi junk99,&nbsp; i have looked through at least some of the FEC meta-data, but there's a lot, it seems convoluted, and changing all the time (cf,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.fec.gov/blog/disclosure/entry/four_4_new_transaction_type\">http://www.fec.gov/blog/disclosure/entry/four_4_new_transaction_type</a>).&nbsp;\r\n i'm hoping to bump into others with expertise about these.</p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>&quot;Did you pick out all the for/against &quot;contributions&quot;? Otherwise y'r data, as someone else on here pointed out, will be misleading.&quot;</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p>again, i did my best first effort.&nbsp; i have logic handling several type 24 codes mentioned here (but can you still find the post here, i cannot?), and also negative contribution amounts.&nbsp; do you have expertise about this?</p>",
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      "id": 16269,
      "author_name": "brandonrobertz",
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      "post_date": "10/27/2012 01:05:28",
      "content": "<p>I just got familiar with the data during the contest. It sounds like you already picked out 24A (&quot;INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AGAINST&quot;) and 24N (&quot;COMMUNICATION COST AGAINST CANDIDATE&quot;). The post I was talking about was actually a proposal https://www.kaggle.com/c/cir-prospect/prospector#180</p>\r\n<p>Did you already see these transaction dictionaries?</p>",
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      "id": 16271,
      "author_name": "rambeaux",
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      "post_date": "10/27/2012 02:02:50",
      "content": "<p>Hi rikb,</p>\r\n<p>Yes, this truly fascinating data, and it is especially interesting when you consider there is &gt;10 years of it at http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml</p>\r\n<p>I'm looking forward to digging into the historical stuff some time and see what gems lie in there...</p>",
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