Leadersboard methodology

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The Election Watch team will fill out the below table for each day of the election campaign. 

 

Data comes from publicly available sources (click here for a list).  To see an example of a filled out form, click here

 

A master spreadsheet has also been created, which compiles all the daily campaign data and produces overall totals (cumulative). 

 

It is this data which is used to produce the Leadersboard graphic.

 
 

The data we collect

 

 

The sources we use

 

Live blog sites
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politics-live-with-katharine-...

 

Search for an electorate
http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/

 

Kevin Rudd on Twitter
https://twitter.com/KRuddMP

 

Kevin Rudd Newsroom
http://www.alp.org.au/campaign_media

 

Tony Abbott on Twitter
https://twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR

 

Tony Abbott Newsroom
http://www.tonyabbott.com.au/LatestNews/InterviewTranscripts.aspx

 

Emails from ALP Campaign HQ and Liberal Campaign HQ.