Chicago Lobbyists Force-Directed Graph Visualization

Summary

This visualization includes the 50 highest paid lobbyists in Chicago, their clients, and the agencies they lobby. The data was compiled from ChicagoLobbyists.org in 2010.

Blue Nodes: Lobbyists
Grey Nodes: Clients
Green Nodes: Agencies

The radius of the Blue(Lobbyist) and Grey(Client) nodes is relative to the amount of money associated with them. The radius of the Green(Agency) nodes is constant and does not represent anything about that agency.

Nodes closer to the center have more connections than nodes on the outer edge.

Controls

Hover a node to highlight the connected nodes and show the names and dollar amounts associated to that node. (Green(Agency) nodes do not have a dollar amount associated to them since that information cannot be calculated from the data)
Click a node to go to the related page at ChicagoLobbyists.org.
Use the up and down arrow keys while hovering a node to highlight that node and its label Then press enter to go to the page of the selected node/label on ChicagoLobbyists.org.
Use the left and right arrow keys to zoom out and zoom in (adjusts the node attraction).

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