Monday, December 05, 2011

Presidential Primary Infographics

The Wall Street Journal maps the Presidential Primary Calendar Shake-Up "With conventional wisdom pressuring candidates to score victories on early-voting states, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida and South Carolina have moved their caucuses and primaries earlier in recent presidential elections. See how recent presidential primary calendars compare."

Chart Porn describes it as "An interesting comparison of state primary and caucus dates 2000-2012, both for the Democrats and Republicans. You can watch Iowa and New Hampshire keep moving back the opening day to stay before other states trying to steal the spotlight. The bad news: Super Tuesday isn’t until March 6th – so we have 3 more months to go of lame media coverage of the Republican field."

The Economist provides An interactive guide to the Republican candidates for president. "Our interactive map provides the latest polling data for the Republican candidates in each state (where polling is available). Point your cursor at a state and a bar chart will appear showing who is leading the race in that state and the date of the poll. There is also a "Zoom to" drop-down tag above the map that you can scroll to take you directly to a state."

The National Post charts Anyone but Romney: The GOP race so far. "As new Republican contenders have emerged, taken off and then crashed in the polls, Mitt Romney’s support has remained one of the few constants in the nomination race. And yet the GOP can’t seem to fully embrace him. The National Post’s graphics team takes a look at the ups and downs of the race so far."

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