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		<title>Election visualization roundup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the US presidential elections coming up tomorrow (exciting!), here is a little roundup of related visualizations and information graphics I enjoyed: Palin sentence diagrams Two projects from Pitch Interactive Job arcs Donations Neoformixhas a couple of interesting visualizations, mostly relating to speech analysis. I like this one best, as it really tells a compact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the US presidential elections coming up tomorrow (exciting!), here is a little roundup of related visualizations and information graphics I enjoyed:
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<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2201158/" target="_blank"></a></p>

<h4>Palin sentence diagrams</h4>

<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-167" title="palin_sentences" src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/palin_sentences.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="160" />

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<p>Two projects from <a href="http://www.pitchinteractive.com/">Pitch Interactive</a>
<a href="http://www.pitchinteractive.com/election2008/jobarcs.html"></a></p>

<h4>Job arcs</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/job_arcs.jpg" alt="" title="job_arcs" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-168" />

<a href="http://www.pitchinteractive.com/election2008/"></a></p>

<h4>Donations</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/donations.jpg" alt="" title="donations" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-169" />

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<p><a href="http://www.neoformix.com/">Neoformix</a>has a couple of interesting visualizations, mostly relating to speech analysis. I like this one best, as it really tells a compact story: 
<a href="http://www.neoformix.com/2008/OneWeek.html"></a></p>

<h4>Stream graph: Obama’s one week speech</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/streamgraph.jpg" alt="" title="streamgraph" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-170" />

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<p>The NY Times info design department does not cease to amaze me:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/06/opinion/06opchart.html"></a></p>

<h4>The measure of a president</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/measure.jpg" alt="" title="measure" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-172" />

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/18/business/20081019-metrics-graphic.html"></a></p>

<h4>Can a president tame the business cycle?</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tame.jpg" alt="" title="tame" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-171" />

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/us/politics/DEBATE.html"></a></p>

<h4>Naming names</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/naming_names.jpg" alt="" title="naming_names" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-173" />

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<p>More lexical analysis and the windbag index from <a href="http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/">Martin Krzywinski</a>:
<a href="http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/debates/"></a></p>

<h4>Lexical Analysis of 2008 US Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates — who’s the Windbag?</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/lexical.jpg" alt="" title="lexical" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-174" />

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<p><a href="http://everymomentnow.com/"></a></p>

<h4>Every moment now</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/everymomentnow.jpg" alt="" title="everymomentnow" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-175" />

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<p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2008/10/the_visual_display_of_politica.php">Great discussion</a> on proper plotting of the candidates’ tax plans  (via <a href="http://network.nature.com/groups/scivis/forum/topics/3341">Nature</a> where I picked up the great term “couture visualization”)
<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2008/10/the_visual_display_of_politica.php"></a></p>

<h4>The Visual Display of Political Information</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tax.jpg" alt="" title="tax" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-176" />

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<p>Another <a href="http://eagereyes.org/blog/2008/swing-states.html">vivid discussion</a> on displaying swing state dynamics at <a href="http://eagereyes.org/">eager eyes</a>:
<a href="http://eagereyes.org/blog/2008/swing-states.html"></a></p>

<h4>Swing states</h4>

<p><img src="http://well-formed-data.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/swing.jpg" alt="" title="swing" width="480" height="160" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-177" />

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<p>And now, my dear American readers – get out and <strong>vote</strong>! May the youngest and best-looking win :)</p>
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