Data Vis Dispatch, July 2
Welcome back to the 149th edition of the Data Vis Dispatch! Every week, we publish a collection of the best small and large data visualizations we find, especially from news organizations — to celebrate data journalism, data visualization, simple charts, elaborate maps, and their creators.
Recurring topics this week include elections in France, the U.K., and the U.S.
2024 election madness continues! This week was France's (first) turn:
The majority of seats will now go to a runoff. Candidates in a three-way race can choose to strategically stand down — though not all of them have:
Support for the far right in France has a strong urban-rural divide, but age and gender are not major factors:
France's runoffs are only five days away, but that still doesn't make them the next major national elections! In the U.K., Conservatives are scheduled for a resounding defeat on Thursday:
Issues in the campaign have included sewage mismanagement and a critical housing shortage:
And yes, there's still the U.S. presidential race:
I guess you'll see election news in every Dispatch this year. What you won't get every time — three beautiful maps from Zeit Online on housing issues in Germany:
Or three projects, from the Financial Times and New York Times, integrating maps with satellite imagery and old photographs:
To wrap it up — the religious geography of America, activist investors in Japan, and the Tour de France:
What else we found interesting
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