Politics Archive:
Obama vs Romney – Decide Who Wins!
27 Jun 2012Click on each state in the map with your predictions, and the running total at the bottom will tell you who wins! You can also cycle through the results of elections 1789-2008, which is entertaining if you read the little election facts at the bottom of each map.
Personally, it kind of reminded me of playing Risk on the computer back in college.
Journalists Killed 1992-2011
In: News Media Politics
8 Jun 2012I love that the content was pulled together and includes the names of the victims – but you can barely read the names, and often can’t tell how the countries and names line up.
How Would You Cut Defense?
18 May 2012The NYT presents a list of options for you to decide how to trim defense spending. As usual, it’s not quite as easy as you might think – but I still got it up over $800 billion. I like this interactive way of educating people about budget issues.
50 Years of Government Spending
In: Politics US Economy
18 May 2012I usually don’t like viewing stacked bars over time – it’s too hard to see what’s changing. This one still isn’t perfect, but the deficiencies are moderated somewhat by clear labels and only having the three columns. Content wise, it’s pretty fascinating too.
The Rise of the Filibuster
15 May 2012To understand this chart you have to be quite the congressional procedure wonk. I think they should at least have to go back to having to talk the whole time. While standing on one foot. In uncomfortable shoes. With their mom watching.
Women in Parliament
15 May 2012We’ve looked at female world leaders before. Here are some stats on representation (well, what is supposed to be representation).
Evolution of a Political Map
13 Apr 2012A nice progression of intermediate steps in preparing a newspaper map of Santorum’s campaign, using R.
Geography of Government Benefits
26 Mar 2012Share of income that comes from government programs, broken down by type of benefit. (related article)
Global Defense Spending and Conflict
22 Mar 2012From the 2012 Military Balance report. (via)
There’s also a 2012 Chart of Conflict – but I couldn’t find a decent sized image on their site. I think they want you to buy it.
Ryan’s New Budget
21 Mar 2012There’s are a lot of nonsense charts and projections in Paul Ryan’s new House Republican budget, but rather than get into political arguments, I’ll just post the ones I thought were actually insightful:
TSA: Grope and Pillage
In: Politics
15 Mar 2012Some interesting facts and timelines about the Transportation Services Administration. I usually don’t post these types of info-posters anymore, but the timeline in particular caught my eye
Country Tenure
7 Mar 2012
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