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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…
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2012 political donations mapped over time
Following their animated and narrated visualization on political contributions over time, VisPolitics maps…
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All possible paths to the White House
With the election tomorrow, Mike Bostock and Shan Carter for the New York…
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A quick lesson on making predictions
Political analyst and statistician Nate Silver has gotten some flack lately for consistently…
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Browse elections data back to 1976 with Electionary app
Electionary, the new iPad app from TargetPoint Consulting, lets you browse national election…
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