Data Vis Dispatch, November 5

The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations

Welcome back to the 167th 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 war in Lebanon, U.K. Labour’s first budget, and the U.S. elections.

All right, it’s today. Here’s how things stand on the eve of the data vis event of the year:

The New York Times: Election 2024 Polls: Harris vs. Trump, November 5
The Washington Post: Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now?, November 4
La Nación: Harris vs. Trump – Qué pronostican las encuestas, November 5
Financial Times: One week to go: what is the state of the US presidential race?, October 29
The Guardian: US Senate, House and governor elections 2024: results from all 50 states, November 5
The Washington Post: The districts that will determine majority control of the House, November 1

After the last call for polling and predictions, now it’s time to wait for results. Several visualizations offered an hour-by-hour guide to election night:

Bloomberg: US Presidential Election Results, November 5
The New York Times: What Time Do the Polls Close?, November 4
Reuters: US presidential election results, November 5

Others laid out the candidates’ possible paths to victory:

The Wall Street Journal: Harris’s and Trump’s Paths to Victory in the 2024 Election, November 4
The Economist: Our guide to how Trump or Harris might win the election, November 4
The Washington Post: Can Harris win the election? Here are her possible paths to victory, November 4

A look back at the campaign season — from (more or less) conventional tactics like stump speeches and fundraising…

The Washington Post: Mapping more than 300 events by Trump, Harris and their running mates, November 4
Financial Times: The 7 charts that define the 2024 US presidential campaign, November 5
Bloomberg: 11,000 Political Groups Spent $14.7 Billion to Influence the 2024 Election, November 1

…and on to modern techniques, like TikTok targeting, conspiracy theories, and calling your former boss a fascist:

The New York Times: Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him ‘Liar,’ ‘Fascist’ and ‘Unfit’, October 30
Zeit Online: Wo Harris Kommunistin ist und das Attentat auf Trump ein Fake, November 3
The Washington Post: What’s in your TikTok feed? As elections near, it may depend on gender, November 3
The Wall Street Journal: X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not, October 29
Financial Times: What will happen the day after the US election?, November 1
The New York Times: Inside Trump’s Truth Social Conspiracy Theory Machine, October 29

There were charts on the many ways to slice and dice the electorate:

The Economist: Which way will swing voters lean in America’s election?, November 1
The Wall Street Journal: The Elusive Voters Who Could Make or Break the Election, November 2
The Wall Street Journal: Watch These Counties for Early Clues to Election Night, November 2
The New York Times: This Time, It May Actually Come Down to Turnout, October 30

And how polarization is affecting the country’s political geography:

The New York Times: Millions of Movers Reveal American Polarization in Action, October 30
The New York Times: How Red and Blue America Shop, Eat and Live, November 4
Bloomberg: Booming Suburbs of North Carolina Are Changing the Election Map, October 29
The San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. neighborhoods are grouped into five voting ‘clusters.’ Which one are you in?, November 4

We had a last look at some of the issues driving this year’s campaign:

The Wall Street Journal: Voters Are Poised to Reshape Abortion Access, From Missouri to Montana, November 3
The New York Times: Republicans Shift Message on Abortion, Sounding More Like Democrats, October 31
The Texas Tribune: How 11 Texas cities made housing unaffordable — and what’s being done to fix it, October 29
The New York Times: How Markets Could Respond to the Election, November 5

And finally, the down-ballot races from the U.S. House and Senate to governors and state legislatures:

The Washington Post: It’s been decades since a new president faced a divided government, November 2
The Washington Post: This year’s state elections could mark big changes. Just look, November 4
The Washington Post: The other races where women could make history on Election Day, November 1

Of course the world is waiting to see what U.S. voters decide today — but Americans should also look elsewhere for a taste of what might be to come:

YouGov: Who do Europeans want to win the 2024 US presidential election?, November 1
Bloomberg: Europe’s Far Right Has Roadmap for a World in Which Trump Wins, November 3

We’ll wrap up with a reminder of what real election fraud looks like:

Zeit Online: Diese Daten zeigen, was an der Wahl in Georgien verdächtig ist, October 30

Palate cleanser! The #30DayMapChallenge will be running throughout November:

Laurent Gontier: “Carto de l’itinéraire professionnel de mon grand-père, officier artilleur pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale […],” November 5 (Tweet)
Yao Yue: “幕末の石高 Rice yield at the end of the Edo period […],” November 4 (Tweet)
Terence Teo: “Power Lines of Africa. Used data that predicts transmission and distribution lines from night-time lights, road network, and existing power grid network data,” November 2 (Tweet)

Other great maps covered floods in Spain, forest loss in Indonesia, and the disappearance of the Aral Sea:

elDiario.es: El mapa provisional de las zonas devastadas por la DANA: al menos 77.000 viviendas afectadas por las inundaciones, November 2
Financial Times: Mining eats into more of the world’s forests, November 1
NPR: Central Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: Water, October 30

Over in the U.K., Labour has delivered their first budget since 2010:

Bloomberg: Reeves Spends Billions Just to End Up With Sluggish UK Growth, October 30
Financial Times: UK’s rising fiscal burden narrows tax gap with Europe, October 30
Financial Times: Does Gen Z have it tougher than previous generations?, November 4

Lebanon’s southern border has been under heavy attack by Israel in recent weeks — but strikes and evacuations are also reaching deep into the country:

The Washington Post: Israel has damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of buildings in Lebanon’s south, October 31
Financial Times: The demolitions clearing Israel’s ‘first belt’ in Lebanon, November 3
Financial Times: Lebanese flee ancient city of Baalbek as Israel attacks, October 30
The Wall Street Journal: These Maps Show How the Middle East Conflict Is Spiraling, November 4
José Luengo-Cabrera: “Lebanon/Israel/Palestine: reported attacks. Data: @ACLEDINFO,” October 31 (Tweet)

Two maps this week also focused on the extreme difficulties of everyday life in the West Bank:

The Wall Street Journal: The West Bank Is on the Edge of Economic Collapse, November 5
Bloomberg: Paralyzing Curbs on West Bank Complicate Path to Palestinian State, November 1

Other charts covered everything from the territorial status of the Donbas to Chinese patents to HPV vaccines:

The New York Times: Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East, October 31
Bloomberg: US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering, October 30
The New York Times: 2024 N.F.L. Playoff Picture: Each Team’s Path to the Postseason, November 3
Our World in Data: HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer, November 4

What else we found interesting

The New York Times: Squirrels, Soda and Tractors: 12 Emergencies You Never Thought About but Election Officials Are Prepared For, November 2
The Washington Post: Can you guess for whom people will vote? Try this quiz, November 4

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