NetSquared Finalist Podcast: Moment of Inspiration for MapLight.org

In this podcast, Dan Newman describes the inspiration for MapLight.org, which illuminates the connections between money and politics. It started two years ago with a car dealer's bill of rights that would have given consumers more rights when they bought new cars. The bill was defeated, and Dan looked into the connection between donations from car dealers and votes. He found a strong relationship between funding of legislators by car dealers and their votes. He started MapLight.org to bring these relationships to the public eye.