Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably seen news reports that Russian trolls have been posting on social media to allegedly conduct what they called “information warfare against the United States, with the stated goal of spreading distrust towar…
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Data wrangling – down the rabbit hole, and back again!
Are your friends passing around clever memes (supposedly) featuring something your favorite actor said, or sharing news articles that you think might be “fake news”? If there’s even a hint of data analyst in you, then you probably check the actual data, and confirm or disprove the supposed facts yourself. I […]
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Purging inactive voter registrations in North Carolina
After the recent presidential election, I was updating my graphs of the voter registration data and noticed that the number of registered voters decreased after the election. At first I thought that was odd, but then I realized that maybe inactive voters were being purged. I wanted to find out […]
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Why SAS maps are better than Wikipedia svg maps!
Parents are always proud of their kids, and think their kids are better than all the other kids. I guess it might be a little bit that way with mapping software … but I really do think I’ve got a pretty compelling example to show that SAS maps are better […]
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You need a custom map, for US presidential election results!
In the US presidential election, each of the 50 states has a certain number of electoral votes, based on the population. Typically, most states cast all their electoral votes for the candidate who wins in their state (all or nothing). But states can split their electoral votes if they want […]
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Your chance to vote … for your favorite election graph!
Elections in the US are a ‘target rich environment’ for data analysts. There are surveys and forecasts before the election, and the presentation of results during and after the voting. What’s your favorite election-related graph of all time? For the current (2016) presidential election, my favorite graphs are on the […]
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Where will the ‘union vote’ matter most in the upcoming election?
In the past, a large percentage of US workers have been union members, and the unions could exert a big influence on elections. How powerful are the unions these days, an where do they wield the most influence? Let’s map it out… In 1954, almost 35% of US workers belonged to […]
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Female voters outnumber males in North Carolina
Since this is an election year, I’ve been scrutinizing the voter registration data. One thing that surprised me is there are more female voters registered in NC than males. I wondered if this was consistent across all 100 counties, and created some charts to help visualize the data… First I went […]
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