Category Archives: Pretty Charts

Another way to look at the two conventions

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

Hat tip to The Huffington Post (not one of my favorite websites, tbh) for this graphical representation of the rhetorical content of both the conventions. During the speeches, HuffPo writers meticulously sorted statements made by the speakers into five categories … Continue reading →

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The least volatile election ever?

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

Good morning, Disagreeables. Back on May 31, both inuyesta and yours truly posted predictions for how the November presidential election would turn out. I posted this map: And inuyesta posted a map that looked similar, with just one exception being … Continue reading →

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New claims for jobless benefits at 4-year low

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

This seems like more good news for the country: Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, the lowest level since April 2008, the Labor Department said on Thursday. I bolded the “seasonally adjusted” for … Continue reading →

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I love the smell of pretty charts in the morning

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Rachel Maddow pointed out on her show last night that Mitt Romney seems to owe his primary victories so far to one particular demographic group: rich (well, upper middle class) people. Romney is winning with large margins with people making … Continue reading →

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The President Doesn’t Think We’re Idiots: the US Economy in Charts

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Dr. Jan Eberly, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, released a series of charts that tells the story (or at least the administrations’s story) of the United States economy. You can find Dr. Eberly’s brief into on … Continue reading →

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Two quick graphs w/r/t Romney’s electability

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

CBS released a poll on Tuesday showing matchups between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum (as well as Gingrich and Paul) with crosstab information, so I figured I’d make some more pretty graphs with Crosstabs Grapher. This poll is two days … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Sunday

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

For inuyesta and snarkologist.   I almost added “Praying for injuries” as a category, but decided to maintain the high level of discourse that we have come to expect around here.

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Quick charts for Nevada GOP Caucuses

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Well, the GOP held their caucuses in Nevada yesterday and as of 8:06 AM Civilized Time (also known as Pacific Standard) they still have managed to count only 70.4% of them.  These are the protectors of ballot sanctity in America, … Continue reading →

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Pretty Charts of Florida GOP Primary Crosstabs

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Last night Mitt Romney won Florida with 46% of the vote, easily besting Newt Gingrich who received 32% of the vote.  As I did after the South Carolina primary, I looked at CNN’s exit polling and fed their cross tabs … Continue reading →

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Sneak peek at our Florida Pretty Charts post

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Here’s a chart I made with Crosstabs Grapher for the crosstabs from CNN‘s exit polls from the GOP Florida Primary. In our post of pretty charts about the South Carolina primaries, I noted that the GOP might have a potential … Continue reading →

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