I understand the fascination with data visualisation now. This morning my colleague showed me what he was doing with some of the data we had gathered from the general election and - I can’t lie - I got a bit excited over it.
As a result I’ve spent the afternoon playing with D3 and the raw data, and I’ve learned some useful things. Sadly I can’t share any code with you, as the data it relies on is owned by the BBC and I can’t republish it (by design D3 requires a publically accessible JSON file to work from). But I can share a screenshot of what I quickly made with D3 and the election data.
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It’s interesting to consider the adage “Tories always vote” when looking at this scatter graph. It certainly shows that voter turnout was higher in constituencies where Tories won.
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