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Personally, I really like the map -- the information is related to state representatives, and these people are going to listen to their constituents more than anyone else. Having a map helps me quickly answer: - Are any of my representatives sponsoring SOPA? - Are there representatives sponsoring SOPA in any other states I can make a difference in (have family, friends, business ties to)? Suggestions: - Add contact i…
Don't forget PIPA ("Protect IP Act", S. 968), the Senate's counterpart. Both must be reconciled and passed for this cr-p to go into effect. (Though I'm not too hopeful about Senators' responsiveness.)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN00968:@@@P
The facts that almost half of Senators are sponsors and that they represent whole states would make a spatial visualization less helpful, I think.
I figured this particular format would be more effective to highlight the small minority (32/435) of House members sponsoring SOPA. So I started there.
You're absolutely right that PROTECT IP deserves just as much attention, though. I will get to work as soon as I can on compiling a table of the PROTECT IP sponsors' contact info.