MapLight.org
Document Type
Website
Abstract
The site’s name is an acronym for Money And Politics: Illuminating the Connection. According to the site’s
About Us
section: “MAPLight.org, … illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws. This common practice is contrary to the public interest, yet legal.
makes money/vote connections transparent, to help citizens hold their legislators accountable.” The database combines three data sets: Bill texts and legislative voting records; Supporting and opposing interests for each bill; and Campaign contribution data from the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Publication Date
2009
Recommended Citation
MapLight, "MapLight.org" (2009). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 223.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/223