If you have been wondering how Americans’ concerns have changed over time and/or by party, look no further than GOOD.is | Political Climate – An Interactive Timeline Scaling. An interactive Flash-based infographic, the Political Climate chart shows how Americans feel about everything from the economy to healthcare to crime, morals, and immigration. You can select a composite view or break it down by political party (Democrat or Republican), year by year since 2001. Enlightening to compare the two parties’ views. Click back-and-forth between them and see how they fared.
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GOOD.is | Political Climate – An Interactive Timeline Scaling
November 2nd, 2010A Presidential History of the US
August 2nd, 2010
Section of the complete graphic
Rachel Mercer‘s graphic “Presidential Costs” shows, in a circular timeline, the history of the US through a history of the presidents, from Washington through Obama. Four layers of rings plus a ring of bubbles visualizes the time periods, key legislative acts, foreign conflicts and wars, and national debt. Very nice graphic.
George Washington’s First State of the Union Address
February 28th, 2009Just found the transcript (with picture!) of George Washington’s 1st State of the Union address as published on 21 JAN 1790 — http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/George_Washington%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address. Fascinating!
Options for watching the inauguration…
January 19th, 2009LifeHacker has a nice write-up listing some ways to watch the inauguration tomorrow: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/ZzH3mAEEhsQ/lifehackers-guide-to-catching-the-inauguration-from-anywhere
