It's one thing to collect and analyze and explain data, but sometimes more important is how the data is displayed. The graphic embedded above, originally posted in The Economist, is a beautiful and effective presentation. The trends would be way less apparent were the numbers presented in a massive table of numbers. Kudos to the statisticians who created this.
other than the rounding on the 2026 side resulting in percentages that don’t add up to 100, but that’s a question of polish, not of substance.
ReplyDeleteraphael
That is really nitpicking, raphael. I'm sure you much rather have rounded numbers displayed rather than numbers to one or two decimal points, where the decimal points are inconsequential to the information displayed.
DeleteI want to go even further than that and thank to makers of the graph for using whole numbers. It frustrates me to no end that so much data is presented not in whole numbers. I could go on a whole tangent about significant digits, but in the end, presenting things in understandable numbers matters.
DeleteThe plot is clear and pretty easy to read.
Finally, I remain surprised how many elections in the US are really more about turning out the vote than actual policy. In a way, that is sad.