Will's module 4 exercise

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		<title>Will's module 4 exercise</title>
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<p1>The Rise of PACs</p1>
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    <p2>Total contributions by political action committees to Congressional candidates (millions of 2014 dollars)</p2>
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//these vars are the dimensions of the svg canvas (in pixels)
    var w = 900;
    var h = 400;
    
//PADDING:
//padding will leave blank space between the chart area and the svg edges 
    var padding = [35, 25, 50, 70];
    
//SCALES:
//creates an ordinal scale for the x axis (years), sets range bands (in pixels)
    var widthScale = d3.scale.ordinal().rangeRoundBands([padding[3], w-padding[1]], .2);
//creates a linear scale for the y axis (# PACs), sets range (in pixels)
    var heightScale = d3.scale.linear().range([h-padding[2]-padding[0],0]);

//AXES:
//creates a var for an x axis at the bottom of the chart
    var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(widthScale).orient("bottom").tickSize(3);
//creates a var for a y axis at the left of the chart
    var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(heightScale).orient("left").ticks(6,"$").tickSize(-w+padding[1]+padding[3]);
    
//creates a var for an SVG
    var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg").attr("width",w).attr("height",h);
    
    
    d3.csv("PACdata.csv", function(data) {
   
    //sets x axis domain (ordinal scale)
        widthScale.domain(data.map( function(d){return d.ElectionYear; }));
        
    //sets y axis domain from 0 to max number of super pacs (linear scale) - expressed as an array of two numbers, 0 to max.
        heightScale.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d){return +d.TotalContributionsAdj + 44.2; })    ]);
    
    //DRAW AXES:
                svg.append("g")
			.attr("class", "x axis")
			.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding[2]) + ")")
			.call(xAxis);

svg.append("g")
			.attr("class", "y axis")
			.attr("transform", "translate(" + padding[3] + "," + padding[0] + ")")
			.call(yAxis); 
       
    //DRAW BARS: 
        var bars = 
            svg.selectAll("rect")
            .data(data)
            .enter()
            .append("rect");
        
        bars
        //sets top left corner of each bar using x and y
            .attr("x",function(d){return widthScale(d.ElectionYear);})
            .attr("y",function(d){return padding[0]+heightScale(d.TotalContributionsAdj);})
        //sets height and width of each bar
            .attr("width", widthScale.rangeBand())
            .attr("height", function(d) {return heightScale(0)-heightScale(d.TotalContributionsAdj);})
            .attr("fill","slategray")
            ;

} );
    
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    <p3>Source: Campaign Finance Institute, 2015</p3>
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