motherjones:

Chart of the day. Full data here.

cheatsheet:

Here’s what happens to your polling numbers when you vote against background checks for guns. 

msnbc:

Melissa Harris-Perry showed this incredible chart today during a discussion on wealth in America and what this week’s stock market gains actually mean for most American families. 

milwaukeestat:

Proof of Concept 2.0

(Note: data current only to Jan 2012)

azspot:

Now That’s What I Call Gerrymandering!

The latest survey from the Pew Research Center found that a Medicare voucher plan remains unpopular.  Public opinion of this plan is “virtually unchanged from public reactions a little over a year ago, when Republicans in the House voted in favor of this proposal as part of the “Ryan plan.”  However, most Americans no longer associate the unpopular Medicare voucher plan with Paul Ryan:

Just 23% of those who have heard about the idea of shifting Medicare to a system of credits to buy private insurance identify it as Ryan’s. Nearly as many (17%) say Barack Obama proposed this, while 44% do not know who proposed it.

Wisconsin support for Obama by gender, age, and marital status. 

(via tehblackbirdishiding)

quickhits:

One Chart That Shows What The Bush Tax Cut Battle Is All About

tofias:

Exit Polls

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the past 18 months of politics that has been sloshing around Wisconsin. I haven’t lived here long enough for the place to truly feel like home. It’s more like I’ve been doing extended field work.

So I graphed.

Anyways. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staffers Craig Gilbert (of the excellent Wisconsin Voter blog) and Emily Yount posted some nice graphs on comparing the exit polls from 2010-2012. But their multi-panel graph layout didn’t really illustrate the overall patterns of similarity between the 2010 electorate and the 2012 recall electorate. So I offer this up. Maybe I should have made a slopegraph?

Click on the graph to enjoy a larger version.

UPDATE Okay, okay. A rough slopegraph. I hope you’re happy now. Sheesh.

How does Governor Walker spend his workdays?  Check out this interactive chart, developed by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.  The Center obtained Walker’s calendars through an open records request, then developed a database of all calendar entries.  The Center also breaks down the companies Walker met with and the donations made to Walker by each company, so you can get a sense of how money impacts access to Walker’s time.

“In way too much of our world, money trumps politics.  But not this year.  Not in Wisconsin.” - Rachel Maddow

What happens if the individual mandate falls, in one chart.

For health insurers, the worst-case scenario is one where the court overturns the mandate but still leaves standing the requirement that health plans accept all applicants. As less healthy Americans enrolled, premiums would most likely spike. America’s Health Insurance Plans rounds up the research that health-care economists have done, so far, estimating what striking the mandate would mean for health-care coverage and cost.

An age gap in American politics:

Young voters have become critical for Democrats in part because older voters have become more Republican.

These are the two sides of an age gap that has surfaced in American politics almost overnight. In the 2000 race for president, Democrat Al Gore did slightly worse with voters under 30 (48%) than he did with voters 65 and older (51%), according to exit polls. In 2004, Democrat John Kerry did seven points better with younger voters (54%) than older voters (47%). In 2008, Obama did 21 points better, winning 66% of voters under 30 but only 45% of voters 65 and older.

Chart: What Walker Promised Wisconsin

via the Maddow Blog:

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came into office last year promising to balance the budget and create 250,000 jobs in his first term. Those promises were part of his justification for a series of changes, from stripping union rights to giving tax breaks to businesses.

Republicans don’t trust anyone…except Fox News, according to Public Policy Polling’s TV news trust poll.  On the other hand, Democrats and Independents tend not to trust Fox, but they do trust every other network.  Read more here.