A Visual History of US Political Parties

We’ve talked a bit about Timeplots before, but now they have a new pair of visualizations for everyone interested in politics:  one focusing on the Republican party, and one focusing on the Democratic party.

It places each party event in historical context, visualizing a remarkable range of party events, legislation, election results, and leadership to succinctly tell the story of the party. Narratives are displayed within the larger context of party strength by aggregating and annotating data on presidential elections, Congress, Governorships and State Legislatures. The Timeplot provides a new lens into American political history; it is not intended to be absorbed at a glance, but rather to be visited and revisited over time.

Each one is available as a 36″x24″ poster for $30, or get the pair for $50.

A Visual History of the Republican Party | timeplots.com. and Visual History of the Democratic Party

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .