{"id":39,"date":"2016-07-11T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=49"},"modified":"2016-07-11T16:16:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:16:03","slug":"did-your-neighbors-spend-their-rent-money-on-a-failed-campaign-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/did-your-neighbors-spend-their-rent-money-on-a-failed-campaign-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Your Neighbors Spend Their Rent Money on a Failed Campaign? (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"
No one wants to waste money donating to a failed political campaign. However, with over a dozen presidential candidates only 9 short months ago, there are bound to be many losers in the field. As the debates, campaigns, and negative ads rage across swing states everywhere, more and more potential delegates commit, and more and more hopefuls drop out of the race. We previously studied neighborhoods donating to the most successful campaigns. Today, we turn our attention at New York’s biggest losers. Which ZIP Codes wasted the most money on now doomed presidential candidates? Using data from the FEC disclosure reports, we map out the parts of NYC with the best and worst predictive power on campaign success.<\/p>\n
Find your ZIP Code on the map below to see how your neighborhood fared and who the biggest loser was.<\/b><\/p>\nCompare the Campaign’s Biggest Losers and Wasters<\/h2>\n
\n