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  ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGNS
Our Campaigns is the implementation of an idea I had for a collaborative political website.

I noticed that people on these types of sites like to contribute a lot of links, news and information, so I decided to put together a site where the users help create the site's content.

You can see a lot without creating an account, but when you do create an account you will be able to access the true power of the website. People with accounts can help create the site itself, as well as access convenient features such as the automatic display on the home page of all new items since your last log-on.

As soon as you create an account, you have access to message posting. With good solid participation in this area, I may increase your access to more functions of site creation.

Enjoy the site, and let me know what you think.


- Randy Parker
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FAQS
About the Site
How is OurCampaigns organized? 
How do I navigate the site?  
What is the site Privacy Policy? 
About User Profiles
How do I get access to add information/ endorse candidates/ vote in user polls/ predict races? 
Do I need to create a profile for myself? 
Can I create another account? 
About multiple user profiles 
When I come back to the site, why does it show me more than just the new items? 
What is a User Profile? 
Data Entry
I'm a Candidate/Campaign Manager/Staffer. How do I get more information about myself/my candidate on the site? 
What is the policy on errors in data on the site? 
I have access to create/add candidates/races. What are my responsibilities? 
How do I get authorization to enter election statistics? 
My candidate's party is not in the list. Should I create a new party? 
What format is used to enter US county/local races into the database? 
How do I create district maps? 
Should I list my sources for where I get data entry information? 
Where do I get election statistics to enter? 
How do I format names in terms of full names, proper names, etc. for candidates? 
How do I cite the sources for the data I have entered? 
What are the guidelines on assigning Categories or other identifiers to data? 
Guidelines for Media and Polling Firms 
Discussion Posting
How do I make an image / HTML /bold / italics / user name appear in my post? 
What foreign languages does OurCampaigns support? 
How do I do cool stuff with HTML? 
I'm new to the site, and I've noticed that many of my posts get either a response of "..." or "ellipses". What does this indicate? 
Why did my message get deleted? 
General Information
I just heard a term I did not recognize. What does "[insert term here]" mean? (OC Glossary) 
What is OurCampaigns? 
When I refresh the home page, or hit my "back" button on my browser, all the new messages go away. Why? 
What is the policy on adding non-political "races"? 
What are silly races? 
What do the "forget me" and "remember me" functions do?  
Predictions and Points
How do I get points? 
How are Polling Firm points, average error and bias calculated? 


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D:1989RBH ( 322.3457 points)
Sat, February 4, 2012 06:59:39 PM UTC0:00
so, is some sort of work going on? it seems like everytime I view the world map (such as on the US States page), it resets the front page.
Site Data Statistics
Type Number
Members 8,582
Containers 102,314
Races 261,378
Race Members 691,214
Candidates 295,232
Polls 31,669
Poll Results 110,418
Polling Firms 1,146
Endorsements 81,085
Finance Reports 3,851
Issues 300
Parties 5,021
News Items 78,762
Books 1,139
Links 3,599
Leaning Predictions 180,701
% Predictions 30,326
Site Polls 5,543
Messages 868,290


Data Entry To-Do
Suggested Date Suggested By Description
Jun 06, 2011 04:00pm RParker Add Lat/Lon Coordinates for all State House District Maps 1993-2003
Jun 06, 2011 03:59pm RParker Add Lat/Lon Coordinates for all State Senate District Maps 1993-2003
Apr 22, 2011 06:12pm RParker Add Lat/Lon Coordinates for all State House District Maps 2013-2023
Apr 22, 2011 06:11pm RParker Add Lat/Lon Coordinates for all State Senate District Maps 2013-2023
Apr 22, 2011 06:10pm RParker Add Lat/Lon Coordinates for all US House District Maps 2013-2023
Oct 01, 2010 11:48am RParker Add Presidential Results for Congressional Districts
Jul 23, 2010 08:08pm RParker Set Polygon Coords for all counties (non-latitude/longitude)
Jul 23, 2010 12:03pm RParker Add Household data in DMAs


Programming Changes/Suggestions
Completed Description
Jan 27, 2012 08:16am Simple Armies and Territory game.
Jan 17, 2012 05:30pm Point Reduction Tool For LL Maps
Aug 31, 2011 12:46pm Be able to attach News to other News.
Jul 15, 2011 04:58pm RSS Feed
Jul 14, 2011 05:58pm Adjustments for MapImages - Boundary and Shifting