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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