Non-developer builds campaign finance tracker for all 537 members of Congress using Claude
yee1520 · reddit · 2026-08-01
A non-developer user built The Influence Registry, a website tracking campaign funding sources for all 537 sitting members of the US Congress, using Claude. The tool pulls FEC filings and calculates each member's proportion of special-interest vs individual funding, with all data traceable. The build involved a Python scoring pipeline and a single-file HTML app, with careful editing techniques to avoid errors. The user seeks feedback and suggestions.
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