Presidential campaigns and staff connections
| This NYT visualizations allows you to learn more about the work trajectory of the presidential candidates' current staff | ||
| Home page | http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/17/us/elections/2016-presidential-campaigns-staff-connections-clinton-bush-cruz-paul-rubio-walker.html | |
| Approach | By identifying the political trajectories and ties of the team members of the US presidential candidates, this project made by the NYT reveals who they have advised in the past and how it might influence the political game for the next presidential race. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | presidential campaign staff, spin doctors, political system, US, politics, viz, and who's who | |
| Project Start Date | 2015 |
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| Launch Date | 2015 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Thematic Focus | Politics |
| Issue addressed | Tracking political trajectories |
| Geographic Focus | United States |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
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Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| The Times published an interactive graphic that looks at how the teams behind some likely and announced presidential candidates are connected to previous campaigns, administrations and organizations close to the possible nominees. | |
| Approach (How?) | By identifying the political trajectories and ties of the team members of the US presidential candidates, this project made by the NYT reveals who they have advised in the past and how it might influence the political game for the next presidential race. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Self-commissionned |
| Publisher | NYT |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 98/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 81/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : Oct 8, 2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : NoneProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : false Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : UpdatedDocumented Practices
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Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Relational Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : false Data Licensing : Partial Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : false