Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Swooping vote margins

The New York Times used swooping arrows to show vote swings left and…

Margin of victory over past elections, in Minnesota

For the Minnesota Star Tribune, Yuqing Liu and C.J. Sinner show how the…

Evolution of the love song

For The Pudding, David Mora and Michelle Jia examine the death of the…

Dot density map for election results

With what is now a common mapping method, The Economist used a dot…

Mapping every voter as a grain of sand

To show the mix of votes across the country, the Washington Post used…

Days without rain

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

What might have sank the Bayesian superyacht

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

European night train map

The Night Train Map is for Europeans who want to travel at night:…

Restored rose and lily illustrations from the Pierre-Joseph Redouté collection

In the early 1800s, botanist and painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted hundreds of lily…

Jello map as states are called

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

Electoral vote cartogram

The major news outlets all have electoral vote cartograms, but I appreciate Bloomberg’s…

Why states swing while counts come in

Some might wonder why early results lean towards a party and then shift…

Live map of county shifts

The Washington Post has a live county map that shows the shift towards…

Election touchscreen really deep dive by The Onion

The Onion gained access to the most granular election data yet. Technology sure…

Presidential candidate preferences, by offbeat demographics

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

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

When the polls close

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

Winning the Electoral College, a mini-game

For The New York Times, Lily Boyce, Jon Huang, and Blacki Migliozzi made…