Politics Archive:
Have Your Taxes Gone Up? (1980-2010)
3 Dec 2012
More 2012 Election Maps
14 Nov 2012Hopefully these will be the last ones of the cycle – though these were nicely done by the Chicago Sun-Times’ Max Rust:
By margin of victory (technically, the same data as the “purple america” map that used blue/red hues).
by electoral votes:
Campaign Spending in Swing States
7 Nov 2012How effective was all the new campaign spending? I’m sure the analysis will be debated until the next election.
Preliminary estimates of total:
Also, if you’re all worked up about the election (as I was yesterday), it calmed my nerves and restored my faith in democracy a bit to read this article from Cracked (which is having oddly insightful articles lately)
Election Permutations
5 Nov 2012
Map Resized by 2008 Election Spending
4 Nov 2012Nice work by NPR – though I generally prefer non-contiguous cartograms.
Thanks to Fez for sending in the link!
Federal Debt (1790-2037)
In: Maps Politics US Economy
1 Nov 2012From the generally impartial Pew Center:
Increase in federal support to states during recession:
Where the federal grant money went as percent of state revenue:
US Congress: Left and Right
29 Oct 2012Another beauty from xkcd. I’m a little dubious of the methodology behind the liberal/conservative distinctions, but they’re upfront and clear about what is being displayed.
Election Projections
2 Oct 2012Some fantastically clear interactive maps from the Washington Post, identifying tossups in each race (Presidential, Senate, House, Governor).
Who Pays Income Tax?
18 Sep 2012I’m a little surprised by the increase in non-payers over the years.
Non payers by state. I’m not sure I agree with using ordinal coloring – especially when so many states fall into the 30-40% range.
Eastern Europe
30 Jul 2012“Eastern Europe” doesn’t really exist anymore. In fact, it never really did in the first place, according to this videographic.
How Old is Your Government?
23 Jul 2012
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