Politics Archive:
Our Old Congress
13 Oct 2010See the age of US Congressmen from 1949-today. Would be nice if it somehow marked the incumbents.
Who Owns Congress
In: Politics
12 Oct 2010A seating chart of the Senate and House, organized by who they have accepted the most campaign contributions from. The person by person descriptions are interesting.
Gay Sex vs Straight Sex
12 Oct 2010OkTrends has analyzed it’s database of user behavior to examine several rumors about homosexual behavior, compared to heterosexuals. Not surprisingly, none of them are true. The whole article is fascinating.
Google Election Maps
In: Interactive Maps Politics
12 Oct 2010Google has pulled together the results of multiple polls to predict elections across the country.
The New Campaign Money Paradigm
In: Politics Source: NYT
12 Oct 2010The Supreme Court’s ruling on contributions last year is having a strong impact on how money is flowing into elections this year – but it’s not the only reason spending has doubled since 2006. Related article.
Who to Vote For?
In: Interactive Politics
2 Oct 2010Vote Easy is a pretty smooth interactive voting guide. You select your state/zip then answer a series of questions on 12 different issues to see which candidates most agree with you. Then you can drill down to pictures and detailed candidate profiles. The questions are a bit simplistic, and they are missing some states (and DC) at the moment – but this could grow into a very useful tool. (via)
State Debt
30 Sep 2010Interesting presentation of multiple debt related indicators. The alien invasion look is a bit strong, but they did refrain from including red circles and having them all look like ladybugs – just sayin.
Israeli Settlements (1990-2010)
27 Sep 2010From the Economist, a graph of public and private settlements. From the BBC, a map of the settlements and a summary of previous peace talks. note: we posted a (slightly better) WSJ settlement map in Feb.
Political Pledges
24 Sep 2010Word clouds of republican and democratic “contracts” with the American people. Related article.
We’re All Stupid
23 Sep 2010Actual wealth distribution versus what people think it is. (via)
This reminded me of a survey the Washington Post did a while ago which compared the ethnic distribution of the USA to what different ethnic groups thought it was – everyone got that horribly wrong too. Quick test: what percent of the population is White, Black, and Asian? Highlight the next line for the answer:
White: 75% Black: 12% Asian: 3.6% (2000 Census)
WWI-II Economics and Design
In: Culture Graphic Design (general) History Politics Science
21 Sep 2010
Your Coming Tax Cut (or not)
20 Sep 2010A very nice analysis from the New York Times – as usual. (via)
Marijuana Price Map
19 Sep 2010The data is crowdsourced by consumer submissions. Amusing and interesting. (via)
Tea Party Demographics
16 Sep 2010Who supports the tea party? (entire poll)
Pentagon Procurement
14 Sep 2010Ok, this system certainly looks like a mess, but I have to admit that the chart is not as badly designed as it might first appear.
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