Which Congressional Districts are Over and Under Populated
By Daniel McGlone, Jeff Frankl and Luke McKinstry on July 29th, 2020
We calculated which congressional districts have become over or underpopulated since they were last drawn.
This Month We Learned – February 2020
By Alex Lash, Luke McKinstry and Tai Wilkin on March 18th, 2020
This month we learned about principled ad hoc style variation with variants, handling too-big-for-memory data with Dask, and keeping long-term projects objective in mind while designing solutions.
Local Redistricting is Transforming California Cities
By Luke McKinstry on February 27th, 2020
Redistricting is happening across cities in California in an effort to make representation more equitable. View our map to see where this is happening and why.
Exploring the Urban-Rural Divide through Politicians’ Social Media
By Luke McKinstry on July 23rd, 2019
In this blog we look at how urban-rural differences play out in the way elected officials adopt social media and hope to shed light on this supposed wedge in a divided country.
Make an Election Calendar with D3.js and Observable Notebooks
By Luke McKinstry on May 14th, 2019
We made a quick election calendar using the Cicero database and Observable Notebooks. This tutorial shows how you can replicate using D3.js.
New Elected Officials, Visualized
By Luke McKinstry on February 25th, 2019
We gathered elected official data from all across the country after the 2018 U.S. midterm election. We show shifting party structure and contact methods.