shubaly/lucid-contributions

Tool to graph political campaign contribution data for OSINT investigations.

Lucid Contributions

Description

Lucid Contributions visualizes contributor-recipient networks in political campaign contribution data.

Born out of Bellingcat's OSINT Tools Hackathon 23-25 September 2022.

Installation

1. Install node: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm

2. Download lucid-contributions:

    git clone git@github.com:shubaly/lucid-contributions.git
   

3. Move to the tool's source directory and install the tool

    cd lucid-contributions
    cd src
    npm install
    npm start
   

4. Open in browser

    http://localhost:3000/ 
   

Usage

• Download campaign contribution datasets, e.g. https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=fin&dir=oda&document=index&lang=e
  • Copy data to ./public/data.csv
  • Required fields: Recipient,Political Party of Recipient,Contributor name,Monetary amount
• Sample visualizaton:

Additional Information

• Next Steps

  • Fix packaging/installation
  • Make this work with any jurisdiction's data without code changes!

• Enhancements

  • Make nodes draggable so researchers can reposition
  • Size nodes based on contribution value (+ sum for recipients)
  • Add ability to search for contributor / recipient

• Built with Sigma.js