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This could be done fairly easily using GIS software, such as ARC GIS.
On 9/28/09 3:01 PM, "Paul Gronke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Colleagues
>
> I have a senior writing a thesis who would like to track changing
> patterns of campaign donations. He's interested in replicating and
> extending Michael Malbin's work on how patterns of donations have
> changed over the past few cycles.
>
> I would like him to attach Census demographic information to the FEC
> campaign donations dataset (actually, he's downloaded these from open
> secrets).
>
> I am not familiar with how you attach a Census tract or block
> identifier to an address, and if this can be done in a relatively
> straightforward (and not overly expensive) way. The student is fairly
> adept with Stata but not tremendously so. This is something I'm not
> averse to learning myself, but I am hoping to find an off the shelf
> solution, or perhaps someone that has already done with with the 2008,
> 2004, and 2000 files and might be willing to share a dataset.
>
> Thank you
> Paul G.
>
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> Paul Gronke Ph: 503-517-7393
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> Reed College
> 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
> Portland OR 97202
> http://www.reed.edu/~gronkep
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