I have no idea what’s going on here, and I prefer to keep…
government
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Decent presidential candidate options.
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Surveillance selfie with cell phone metadata
Just because there’s no content that comes with the metadata doesn’t make the latter useless.
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The Statistical Atlas that Keeps On Going
I already revived the first Statistical Atlas of the United States from 1870 with modern data, but there’s still more data to look at. So I kept on going.
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Why government sites are outdated and very much not fun to use
Government data sites are typically sluggish and a pain to use. So many…
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Reviving the Statistical Atlas of the United States with New Data
Due to budget cuts, there is no plan for an updated atlas. So I recreated the original 1870 Atlas using today’s publicly available data.
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More presidential candidates please
“If it seems as if the list of presidential candidates for 2016 is…
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White House appoints first US Chief Data Scientist
Did you hear the news? The White House officially appointed DJ Patil as…
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Voter approval rates as butt plugs
From a couple of years ago, but still relevant, I think. Matthew Epler…
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How to Make Government Data Sites Better
Accessing government data from the source is frustrating. If you’ve done it, or…
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Strava Metro aims to help cities improve biking routes
Last month, Strava, which allows users to track their bike rides and runs,…
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Lawmaking through the House and Senate visualized
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Center for American Politics and Public Policy…
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Furloughed employees during shutdown
Dan Delany took a simple look at furloughed employees due to the government…
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Government data shutdown
When you go to the United States Census site, Data.gov, or similar government-run…
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Data.gov revamp
After budget cuts a couple of years ago, I assumed Data.gov was all…
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Learn about politics in your state with Open States
It’s not especially straightforward to know or find out what’s going on with…
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Redrawn United States of electoral votes
Neil Freeman reimagined state boundary lines based on population. He started with an…
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Ridiculous but real charts from the U.S. Congress floor
The Floor Charts tumblr shows actual charts used on the United States Congress…
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Incredibly divided nation in a map
I knew things were bad, but I didn’t know they were this bad.…
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How Silver predictions performed
By way of Rafa Irizarry from Simply Statistics, a plot of Nate Silver’s…
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Tracking the election tonight
As the results roll in tonight, you have plenty of options to keep…