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Structured Open(ed) Dataeverypolitician.org
Using EveryPolitician
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
A simple PMO site in a couple of hours
With the basic list of politicians available in a standardised way, you can create a basic PMO site in hours rather than weeks
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
Build once, use in multiple countries
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
Focus on what’s important
Inspired by our approach to voting records in TheyWorkForYou, rada4you.org in Ukraine uses EveryPolitician data so they can concentrate their effort on their core needs around voting data.
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
More time holding politicians to account
Odekro.org in Ghana, provides the only definitive source of MPs attendance records in parliament, which exposed the fact that at least 125 MPs risk expulsion due to absenteeism.
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
Voting summaries onTheyWorkForYou.com
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
Make your data visual
Once the data exists in a standard format it’s much easier to build visualisations, and these tools can more easily be applied in other countries or against similar datasets
EveryPolitician | @tmtm | 28 April 2016
More accessible data = more actionable researchFind answers to all sorts of big questions, such as
● What are the characteristics of politicians worldwide who vote on issues gay marriage, smoking bans, tax on sugary drinks etc — e.g. correlations with age or gender?
● As countries elect more women MPs, do those women also get equivalent representation in committees? Does this affect attendance and participation rates?
● Are there standard political career paths? e.g. do certain Cabinet positions limit future progression, can you spot politicians are on the way up, or on their way out?
● How do politicians who move from the lower to upper house act and vote differently?
● Do politicians change their voting activity after receiving funding from oil companies?
