The Watchlist
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Browse through our free archive and find a wealth of information that most people may have already forgotten. Come back often as we are continuously adding new features.
Site Glossary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | All Entries- Profiled politician
- term used to refer to the political figures that we are keeping track of
- Article Lookup
- search box where you input the Article IDs to look for their corresponding abstracts; article IDs can be found in both the Visual Career Maps and the Relational Grid
- Article ID
- is a fixed identification number of each article; your guide to further exploring the Visual Career Maps and the Relational Grids
- Blurb
- biography of the profiled politicians; a brief, yet complete background check on the political figures that we are keeping track of
- Comment
- quote extracted from the original articles; can be that of the targets or other people's comments regarding certain issues or specific individuals, esp. about the targets [also see Statement]
- Relational Grid
- contains the summary of all the names of individuals, groups, and/or organizations that either showed support, or opposition, or neutrality to the targets; use the look up function in conjunction with the article id to maximize your results.
- Target
- the people we monitor; all of whom are politicians [see Profiled politician]
- VMap
- short for Visual Career Map; a unique visual guide about the target's activities and/or stances ; is horizontally divided by issues, and/or vertically split into either For and Against columns
- Chart
- graphical presentation of the polling results provided by various polling sites
- Stance
- target’s view (for or against) on certain issues
- Abstract
- is the shortened version of the original news article that contains the most essential and relevant facts or updates about the target ; is more or less 30% of the entire length of the news article
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