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After weeks of top-secret research and development, the Change We Can Visualize team is ready to release two lo-fi prototypes. They are both scatter plots, relying on the position, size, and color of each point to relay information to the viewer.
All of Congress, One Interest Group
The first one shows each member of congress (or a [...]
To narrow down our focus for our lo-fi prototype, we spent quite a bit of time researching others’ political visualizations. We used them to brainstorm how they could be improved, and discussed where there were opportunities for us to build off of what has already been done.
Here are our favorites:
Nate Silver’s “Mapping the New Congress”, [...]
Based on research we did into what APIs are available and the parameters of the Apps for America contest, we decided to adjust our project focus a bit. Instead of looking at the federal budget, we’ve decided to examine special interest group contributions to members of Congress and whether there is any effect on the [...]
