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Image: The Popular Vote Since 1980
Barack Obama is officially the most-voted-for president in history.
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Election Maps Collection
Politics Buzz Kottke’s put together a nice look at a number of different election night maps. These are mainly from a wide range of news organizations, p[lus the Onion, Google and some guy with a dry erase board. There must be a cocktail napkin map out there somewhere.
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This. F*cking. Election
Politics Buzz A concise typographic guide to the 2008 election, with a few words yet to come. Ugh. Remember the yellow pantsuit thing, the $400 hair cut debacle? Can’t wait for this sordid mess to be over.
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Image: Guide To Beards
Learn your Fu Manchu from your Van Dyke with this handy chart of beard types.
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Nate Silver
Politics Buzz Stats nerd/genius Nate Silver (of Baseball Prospectus and FiveThirtyEight) is making the rounds as the interest in election stats grows. He was on The Colbert Report last night, and FiveThirtyEight remains one of our favorite sites to check when the latest news about the Dow has us down.
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Image: Measure Of A President
An Op-Chart from the New York Times breaking down the height/weight comparisons of the last 100 years of presidential contenders.
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Image: Visual History Of Recessions
The Harvard Business Review puts the current economic crisis in the perspective of the last 60 years.
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Image: Who Voted No
A map of the no votes from the House on the failed bailout bill.
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Image: Oil Consumption By State
The U.S. consumes a quarter of the world’s oil. Where does it all go?
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Image: Rock Music Vs. Oil Production
A weird correlation appears when you compare the last 60 years of U.S. oil output to Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest rock songs of all time.
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Sarah Palin Venn Diagrams
Politics Buzz Trying to figure out the veep candidate using overlapping circles. Venn diagrams present the only way to find the logical overlap of Tina Fey and pitbulls with lipstick.
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Image: Everymoment Now
Yet another 2008 election info-visualization site, this one dedicated to breaking down news mentions.
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Image: Obama & McCain’s Tax Plans (To Scale)
How much money will each candidate’s tax plan save the average American? Here’s a more accurate graph that takes into account the proportions of the population at each income level.
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Image: The Cost Of Wars
A look at the cost of the major wars the U.S. has been involved in, displayed in today’s dollar.
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Image: Pop Vs. Soda Map
A county-by-county breakdown of what people call carbonated beverages.
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World Names Profiler
Tech Buzz A site that maps the popularity and density of your last name. Enter your last name and you’ll get back a map and stats about where your last name is most prevalent. What, no Lambs in Africa or Russia? My people are in the U.K., it seems.
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Image: The Words They Used
A chart displaying the frequency of words used by both Republican and Democratic speakers at their respective conventions.
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Image: Piracy Vs. Theft
A simple explanation of the key difference between the two.
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