Politics Across New Data Visualizations — DataViz Weekly
April 4th, 2025 by AnyChart Team
Politics shapes the world in many ways — and, as always, data visualization helps make sense of it all. This time in DataViz Weekly, we are looking at how charts and maps reflect political shifts, decisions, and consequences — from election results and government budgets to tariff policies and even time zones.
One of these projects is ours. We hesitated for a moment — but let’s be honest, we would have featured it anyway if we had stumbled upon it elsewhere.
So, without further ado, here are the four new data visualization projects we think you’ll want to check out:
- U.S. presidential elections — AnyChart
- Trump tariffs timeline — The Washington Post
- Science funding cuts in the United States — SCIMaP
- Politics of time zones — The Economist
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Data Visualization in Action: Fresh Examples — DataViz Weekly
February 14th, 2025 by AnyChart Team
We’re back with DataViz Weekly, where we showcase some of the best new data visualization examples — from individual charts and maps to full-scale visual stories and projects. Take a look at our latest picks:
- Swiss research funding — Colas Droin
- Education and voting patterns in U.S. presidential elections — Jon Boeckenstedt
- City walkability and improvement potential — The Economist & Matteo Bruno et al.
- Self-censorship in Super Bowl halftime shows — Artur Galocha for The Washington Post
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Awesome New Data Visualization Works — DataViz Weekly
November 15th, 2024 by AnyChart Team
Welcome back to DataViz Weekly, where we spotlight the most awesome data visualization works we have recently come across. Check out the projects we’re diving into this time:
- Love songs: death or evolution? — The Pudding
- Historical dry streaks in NYC — Bloomberg Green
- NYC subway ridership in detail — Subway Stories
- Vote swings in U.S. presidential elections — NYT
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27 Election Maps of 2024 U.S. Presidential Vote Results — DataViz Weekly Special Edition
November 8th, 2024 by AnyChart Team
The 2024 U.S. presidential election has concluded, and media outlets worldwide are offering a plethora of data graphics to convey the election results. In this special edition of DataViz Weekly, we’ve curated a collection of over twenty election maps, showcasing diverse ways to represent voting data — cartograms, choropleth maps, bubble maps, and more. Whether you’re a data enthusiast, professional, or simply intrigued by the 2024 election outcomes, explore the latest U.S. election maps from top media!
💡 Also see our previous special editions with election maps: 2020 U.S. election maps and 2024 UK election maps.
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Fresh Data Visuals That Impressed Us — DataViz Weekly
November 4th, 2024 by AnyChart Team
We’re a bit behind schedule after last week’s big release of updates for our Qlik Sense extensions, including the transformative AI Splits feature in the Decomposition Tree. But finally, here we are with a fresh edition of DataViz Weekly! Check out the projects with charts and maps that stood out to us most lately:
- U.S. immigration trends in historical context — ProPublica
- Crime trends in Buenos Aires — LA NACION
- Evolution of NBA uniform colors — The Pudding
- Internal migration and political polarization in the United States — The Upshot
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Stunning New Charts & Maps from Around Internet — DataViz Weekly
October 4th, 2024 by AnyChart Team
Charts and maps have a unique power to let data talk, transforming raw numbers into meaningful insights that anyone can grasp. In this edition of DataViz Weekly, we’re featuring some of the most stunning new examples of how data visualization brings information to life.
- Hazard-prone locations in the United States attracting migration — NYT
- Shifts in college admissions after the affirmative action ruling — Bloomberg
- Google search trends around U.S. elections — Google Trends and Truth & Beauty
- Interactive timeline of Roman history — AnyChart
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Visualizing Vaccination Rates, Political Bubbles, Curry’s Stats, World Justified — DataViz Weekly
May 7th, 2021 by AnyChart Team
Every week, we choose the four most interesting visualizations from all we came across these days and present them to you in a quick review. Below is a list of the ones that made it to this new DataViz Weekly — take a glance and keep reading for a closer look at each!
- Vaccination rates in comparison with case metrics across the U.S. — McKinsey & Company
- Political bubbles across the U.S. — The New York Times Opinion
- Stephen Curry’s record-setting April scoring spree — The Washington Post
- World justified, left-aligned, centered, right-aligned — Nicolas Lambert
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How to Create Bubble Map with JavaScript to Visualize Election Results
January 25th, 2021 by Shachee Swadia
In these times of exponentially growing data, visualization is a necessary skillset to have in your tool box. Popular techniques include bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, and bubble maps among others.
Building interactive charts from scratch with JavaScript can be a difficult endeavor for any developer, especially someone starting out new. That is exactly why we have JS charting libraries which make it much easier and quicker to conjure up insightful visualizations!
Read on to see how I create a JavaScript Bubble Map with one of these libraries.
Read the JS charting tutorial »
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20+ Electoral Maps Visualizing 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Results — DataViz Weekly Special Edition
November 6th, 2020 by AnyChart Team
All eyes on election maps! Yes, they could be misleading. And even widely misleading. But it can be at least so fascinating to look at them, especially at times like this! So, we have curated a list of over twenty reputable resources — as of now, to be precise, 24 and counting! — where you can watch the live results of the 2020 United States Presidential election in compelling data visualizations. At the same time, it is a great chance for you to investigate and understand how election maps (and some other graphics) can look and work in practice.
💡 See also: 2024 U.S. Election Maps (November 2024).
Vote counts may be different on different platforms and update as more data becomes available out there — it’s absolutely okay. The election results are still partial. Over the coming days, all numbers will be adjusted to match the real, final vote count. Just in case: We’ve added only reliable sources — notable, reputable media outlets.
Without further ado, check out maybe the most important data visualizations these days! (Electoral vote count numbers in the text last updated on November 9th, 2020, for each source.)
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Pre-Election Data in Charts and Analysis — DataViz Weekly
October 30th, 2020 by AnyChart Team
With November 3rd just around the corner, we could not resist the temptation to devote an entire Friday article to the 2020 U.S. election. Indeed, there are many great new data visualization projects on this topic that are worth featuring. Check out some of the most interesting ones in the special pre-election edition of DataViz Weekly:
- Visualizing data about donations to Biden’s and Trump’s campaigns — The New York Times
- Charting the latest Electoral College ratings — The Cook Political Report
- Exploring election forecast correlations — Adam Pearce
- Analyzing search interest in the U.S. election years since 2004 — Truth & Beauty
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