Posts tagged "Obama"
Visualizing Historical Political Party Identification in the Era of Trump
As many have noted, President Trump has shown a remarkable ability to maintain a strong base of support — about 40% of the voters — despite the myriad controversies swirling around him....
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Let's Tess(t)ellate: The Electoral College in Tile Grid Maps, 1980-2012
I recently added some new charting tools here thanks to NPR's excellent daily graphics rig, which we used recently to compare air quality in Seoul with other large cities. There's...
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Sanders Strongest in Educated Areas
Last week we examined how the Democratic presidential campaigns have performed in the context of Barack Obama's 2012 re-election. That analysis grouped Obama's vote share into categories, highlighting how the country's...
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Comparing Clinton, Sanders Vote Share with Obama 2012
Among the fascinating aspects of American politics are the various factors — demographic, financial, historical, etc. — that shape the geography of campaigns. This election cycle is no different, with...
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The Nation's Most Consistently Partisan Counties In Presidential Elections
When it comes to recent presidential elections, geography — at least in some stubborn places — is destiny. Voters in more than 1,600 American counties — a little more than half of...
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Mapping Consistently Partisan Counties
When it comes to recent presidential elections, geography — at least in some stubborn places — is destiny. Voters in more than 1,600 American counties — a little more than half of...
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Mapping 'Majority Minority' Presidential Results
Yesterday I mapped the more than 350 "majority minority" counties in the United States, breaking them down by race and ethnicity groups and geography. As promised, today I've looked at how...
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Charting Inaugural Speech Lengths
President Obama began his second term today with a roughly 2,000 word inaugural speech at the Capitol. How does the length of his remarks compare with other presidents in history?...
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Mapping Obama's Election Performance By County In 2012 Vs. 2008
The Washington Post over the weekend published an interesting story about President Obama's southern support in the election: The nation’s first black president finished more strongly in the region than...
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Charting Presidential Voting Motives
These two charts from the latest Washington Post poll are interesting. They show what's motivating likely voters in the presidential race. President Obama's supporters are largely voting for him. Mitt...
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Obama Approval Rating Charts Updated
A few months ago I posted a dashboard of 21 interactive charts comparing President Obama's approval rating among different groups (men vs. women, Democrats vs. Republicans, rich vs. poor, etc.)....
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The Health Care Ruling as a 'Word Tree'
As everyone knows by now, the U.S. Supreme Court today essentially upheld the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. I created a word tree to find specific words in...
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Comparing President Obama's Job Approval Rates Among Different American Groups
President Obama's approval rating has crept just above 50 percent, his best position in a year, the latest Gallup survey figures show. The Washington Examiner adds some historical context: Obama's numbers...
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Candidate Fundraising vs. Super PAC Spending in January
From Huffington Post: Reports about January’s fundraising numbers, released on February 20, have focused on two narratives: Mitt Romney’s limited fundraising and high burn rate and the role that super...
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Did Obama Neglect Health Care in State of the Union Speech?
More analysis from the speech from The Advisory Board Company: Obama’s speech included just 44 words on health reform, far fewer than in his previous addresses. He said that the makeup...
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Obama's State of the Union
The Washington Post does a nice job comparing this year’s State of the Union to President Obama’s previous annual speeches: President Obama devoted nearly half of his fourth annual address...
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How 'State of the Union' Speeches Changed Over Time
Tonight President Obama gives his third “State of the Union” speech, an address that dates back to George Washington. Over time, the length and format of the speech has changed,...
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President Obama's Approval Ratings At Five-Month High
Better news for the president? Perhaps, according to USA Today: Obama’s approval ratings are higher than his disapproval ratings for the first time since July, according to the latest Gallup...
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A History of Pardons
An cool timeline from ProPublica: The chart below shows pardons granted per year from 1900-2011. Click on a bar to see the number of pardons granted and by which president. The...
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Charting Obama's Path
While in Europe I missed this excellent interactive graphic by Alicia Parlapiano and Amanda Cox of The New York Times. It plots 2008 presidential election results by state with adult residents’...
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Comparing Obama's Presidential Approval Rating
More bad news for President Obama, via CBS News: As concerns about the struggling U.S. economy grow, a new CBS News/New York poll finds that President Obama’s overall approval rating...
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sunfoundation: Visualizing the Local Effects of Recovery Spending on Job Loss In the wake of U.S. P
sunfoundation: Visualizing the Local Effects of Recovery Spending on Job Loss In the wake of U.S. President Obama’s speech on jobs last night, we present this mapping of Recovery Act...
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Obama's Approach To Americans
A word cloud visualizing President Obama’s speech tonight:
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Another View of Obama Speech
The highlight for some in President Obama’s 45-minute speech yesterday about Arab governments and the Middle East was a section on Israel. Obama called for returning Israel to its borders before...
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Obama 2012
President Obama announced by email this morning that his reelection effort is starting. Here’s how that message looks as a word cloud:
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State of the Union
Yes. The State of the Union address, which is like the Oscars or Super Bowl for politics nerds like me, is tonight. Here’s a look back at President Obama’s speech...
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