Midterm Question 3

Searching for a candidate like Victor Crist is something that needs much investigation and lots of research to find out interesting and accurate facts about this candidate. The first place that I would look is www.moneyline.cq.com. Here I would see the pattern of his contributions, to whom, how much he gave, and when. I would also see how many of employees are contributing and their pattern of contributing. I would look closely at his employers; see if they are registered voters, and their turnout rates. I would also look at a Florida Division of Elections to investigate contributions. I would also visit The Florida Senate site which is flsenate.gov. Here I can get biography on Visor Crist and I see honors and awards, other public service, legislative service, and affiliations.
The next site that I would search is the county tax collector website. Here I can find interesting information about what property Crist has owns, currently owns, and cost of what he owns. I can also see if he is up to date with his taxes. Again, this is more information that I can use to write about Crist in detail that would be interesting to the viewer or reader. Motor vehicle, business taxes, financial reports are just a few of the documentations that we have access to. This site is extremely useful and their vision is to be an exemplary government organization. Their mission is to exceed customer expectations through continuous innovation in performing the required duties of their office with the highest level of ethics and integrity while empowering and challenging our workforce.
I would then visit opensecrets.org. This site is a great tool that I can use to inform citizens about how money in politics affects their lives. Another point that this site concentrates on is empowering voters and activists by providing unbiased information. The point that is mentioned in their mission statement is to advocate for a transparent and responsive government. They pursue their mission largely through their award-winning website, which is the most comprehensive resource for campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere. And for other organizations and news media, CRP's exclusive data powers their online features tracking money in politics counting cash to make change. Another great point about this site is that it is not only allowed the Center to expand its reach beyond those willing to invest in its voluminous and expensive publication, but also greatly accelerated the timing and depth of its analysis, making the Center’s research more readily available to those making decisions about candidates, policy and the influence of money. For the 1998 elections, the Center produced online contribution profiles for every federal candidate well before Election Day. For the 2000 elections, the Center unveiled several new groundbreaking features on OpenSecrets.org, including detailed contribution profiles of more than 80 industries in the U.S. economy, fund-raising breakdowns for federal party committees, and analyses of contributions from special interests to members of specific congressional committees. My main concern in reporting this story is getting the facts out there, and researching every search engine available to me.