Politics Archive:
Flight Delays
13 Jan 2010Percent of departures canceled or delayed during the holidays year-on-year. Two problems with this one: Why show an increase in delays as a reduction in the volume of the containers? And the comparison is pretty much useless without factoring the weather in somehow – especially if you’re trying to use the results to analyze new security measures.
History Shots
12 Jan 2010History Shots has a number of beautiful classically designed infographics that are very much worth browsing (and/or putting up on your wall).
Conquest of Everest: the expeditions leading up to the successful 1953 assault.
Race to the Moon:
History of the Political Parties:
1992-2008
1730-1982
Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music:
History of the Union and Confederate Armies:
Supreme Court History
12 Jan 2010Comprehensive visualization of the US Supreme Court. It works best as an office poster, obviously – and can be purchased that way for your lawyer friends. It’s the first project from TimePlots – I look forward to more good things from them in the future
Freedom Still in Decline
12 Jan 2010Based on Freedom House’s 2010 survey.
2010 House Elections
8 Jan 2010The infamous election maps begin to spawn… This one includes fairly detailed analysis of the close races.
Major Trends and Events 1750-2100
In: Culture Global Economy History Politics Reference Science
8 Jan 2010Would make a good poster. Some of the predictions are questionable, of course. (via)
Israel/Palestine Conflict
8 Jan 2010Number of deaths on both sides, and number of rockets/mortars fired into Israel.
Health Reform
28 Dec 2009Comparison of the House and Senate versions, broken down by issue.
2010 Social Unrest
28 Dec 2009Risk of potential problems according to the Economist.
Jail Birds
22 Dec 2009Some basic facts about prisons in the United States. (via VizWorld)
Death Penalty
14 Dec 2009The laws, methods, and dates of last execution in each state.
Afghanistan Timeline
2 Dec 2009A nice tool from the Washington Post, includes graphs on troop deployment, war funding, death tolls, and comparisons to other conflicts.
Legal Voting Age
23 Nov 2009I hadn’t realized how uniform this was around the world. Thanks to Jack for pointing it out.
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