Posts tagged "trump"

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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Visualizing Verified Twitter's Reaction to Robert Mueller's Investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's now-concluded investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian influence over the 2016 presidential election was obviously a hot topic on Twitter. More than 400,000 tweets — an...
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Trump's Approval Ratings are Resilient. How Does that Compare Historically?
Despite all the controversy attached to his presidency, Donald Trump has managed to retain a relatively consistent approval rating in the last two years — especially when compared to predecessors in...
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Visualizing a Year of @realDonaldTrump
President Trump thumbed his way through another year in the White House on Twitter, compiling a good (great) collection of 2,930 touts, complaints, defenses and rants. He left 2018 with...
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Visualizing the Historical Relationship Between White, Black Unemployment Rates
President Trump was right last month when he bragged that black unemployment rate was at a historical low. The rate in December was 6.8 percent, the lowest it's been since...
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The Curious Case of South Korea's Vanishing Washing Machine Exports
The Trump administration last week announced that it planned to impose higher fees, known as tariffs, to countries that export washing machines and solar panels the United States. The tariffs,...
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Mapping Where 'Americans' Live
Back during the Republican primaries, The Upshot published an interesting short post called the Geography of Trumpism. The reporters back then analyzed hundreds of demographic variables, by county, in an...
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Mapping Clinton, Trump Support
I've been collecting county-level data on the presidential primary race since the contests began earlier this year. With Donald Trump now the Republicans' presumptive nominee — and Hillary Clinton rapidly...
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Mapping GOP Campaign Cash by Density
The GOP presidential candidates collectively have raised more than $300 million in this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data. Here's a quick look at where several of those candidates...
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