[Data-modeling] Presidential campaigns

[Ed Laurent]

+1

For the campaigns I suggest adding declaring, suspending and ending dates.
Locations might also be of interest for declaring but maybe not for
suspending and ending.

-Ed


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Dan Milbrath <dmilbrath at metaweb.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism at metaweb.com>
> To: data-modeling at freebase.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:45:53 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
> Subject: [Data-modeling] Presidential campaigns
>
> I've changed the 2008 US presidential election on sandbox: <URL:
> http://sandbox.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000022435e
>  >.  It now only lists the declared independent candidates or those who
> have been selected by their parties.
>
> It also models the nominating processes as primary elections, even if
> they are not strictly a single election.  You will find McCain, Clinton,
> and Obama contesting their parties primaries, but not yet the main
> election.
>
> The other challenge is running mates.  I have created a co-type of US
> Presidential campaign and of US Vice Presidential campaign.  You can see
> that the selected tickets all have running mates.  Only the presidential
> campaigns are shown as contesting the election, but if you look at a
> politician's career, you can see his or her bids for Vice President on
> an equal footing with other campaigns.
>
> I am also debating whether the party affiliation should be a property of
> these campaigns rather than just of the politicians themselves, as,
> unlike in most other US races, there is no requirement that the
> candidate actually be a member of the party.
>
> Comments?  Suggestions?
>
> ~Chris
> --
> Christopher R. Maden
> Data Architect
> Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
> <URL: http://www.metaweb.com/ >
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