Nathan Yau

Dot density map for election results

Maps / Economist, election

With what is now a common mapping method, The Economist used a dot…
Mapping every voter as a grain of sand

Maps / election, metaphor, Washington Post

To show the mix of votes across the country, the Washington Post used…
Days without rain

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, drought, rain

New York City recently issued a drought warning because of an abnormally dry…
23andMe sinking

Data Sharing / 23andMe, BBC

For BBC, Zoe Kleinman reports:
Not so long ago, 23andMe was in the…
What might have sank the Bayesian superyacht

Infographics / New York Times, superyacht

A $40 million superyacht called the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily,…
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Random Everyday Walk

The Process / random, uncertainty

This week we talk randomness in the everyday.
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Make the Chart: Scatterplot Using Text Instead of Dots

Make the Chart / Illustrator, R

I made a chart about Halloween candy. Even dumb charts need attention and require that choices are made.
European night train map

Maps / Europe, train, travel

The Night Train Map is for Europeans who want to travel at night:…
Restored rose and lily illustrations from the Pierre-Joseph Redouté collection

Infographics / catalog, flowers, Nicholas Rougeux, Pierre-Joseph Redouté

In the early 1800s, botanist and painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted hundreds of lily…
Jello map as states are called

Maps / Bloomberg, election, food, physical

The Bloomberg Graphics desk is building out a jello map as states are…
Electoral vote cartogram

Maps / Bloomberg, election

The major news outlets all have electoral vote cartograms, but I appreciate Bloomberg’s…
Why states swing while counts come in

Statistical Visualization / election, Washington Post

Some might wonder why early results lean towards a party and then shift…
Live map of county shifts

Maps / election, tracker, Washington Post

The Washington Post has a live county map that shows the shift towards…
Election touchscreen really deep dive by The Onion

Maps / election, humor, Onion, scale

The Onion gained access to the most granular election data yet. Technology sure…
Presidential candidate preferences, by offbeat demographics

Statistical Visualization / demographics, election, YouGov

You’ve seen the voting tendencies among standard demographic groups, but there is so…
When to expect results from each state, based on previous elections

Statistical Visualization / elections, results

Some states count quickly, whereas others can take days. For NYT, Alicia Parlapiano…
When the polls close

Maps / election, New York Times, time

For The New York Times, June Kim, Leanne Abraham, and Maggie Astor provide…
50/50 Spins

Data Underload / chance, probability, uncertainty

For no particular reason on this particular day, here are spinners to try your hand at random everyday things with even odds. Good luck.
Winning the Electoral College, a mini-game

Infographics / election, Electoral College, game, New York Times

For The New York Times, Lily Boyce, Jon Huang, and Blacki Migliozzi made…
Drying of the Aral Sea and its source rivers

Maps / Aral Sea, climate change, NPR, satellite imagery

NPR reports on the drying Central Asia water sources. The Aral Sea has…

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