[EL] XKCD infographic on Congressional ideology

[Justin Levitt]

Similarly, for those who are interested, Timeplots 
<http://www.timeplots.com/> has several great infographics on the 
Presidency 
<https://timeplots-2.myshopify.com/products/a-history-of-the-us-presidency>, 
the Court 
<https://timeplots-2.myshopify.com/products/a-visual-history-of-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states>, 
Congress (Senate 
<https://timeplots-2.myshopify.com/products/a-visual-history-of-the-united-states-senate> 
and House 
<http://www.timeplots.com/collections/foreground/products/pre-order-a-visual-history-of-the-us-house>), 
and the major political parties (Democratic 
<https://timeplots-2.myshopify.com/products/a-visual-history-of-the-democratic-party> 
and Republican 
<https://timeplots-2.myshopify.com/products/a-visual-history-of-the-republican-party>)...

Justin

On 10/30/2012 11:12 AM, Charles Stewart III wrote:
>
> (Finally, something on this Listserv for cartophiles.)
>
> The graphic on XKCD is great.  I've always been perplexed why the 
> "Parties" timeline linked to below doesn't acknowledge its source (as 
> far as I can tell --- I could be wrong), which is "The Conspectus of 
> the History of Political Parties," by Walter R. Houghton.  (The 
> "Mapping the Nation" web site lists the lithographer as William B. 
> Burford.) Strange that the historyshots folks would simply write that 
> it was "created by an unknown designer."  Buying the reproduction is 
> fine, and I recommend it, but you can buy the original book on 
> ABEBooks.  There's a ton of great stuff in there for the graphically 
> and historically inclined. Well worth it.
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> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu 
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *John Pomeranz
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:15 AM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] XKCD infographic on Congressional ideology
>
> I suspect there's only limited overlap between this list and the 
> online geek-oriented comic XKCD, so I wanted to give let you know 
> about the most recent offering from the strip:  an overwhelmingly 
> detailed infographic exploring the partisan and ideological makeup of 
> the U.S. Congress over its history.
>
> http://xkcd.com/1127/
>
> Click on the image to enlarge and scroll.
>
> (For those of you who like this sort of thing, I also recommend 
> http://www.historyshots.com/Parties/index.cfm and 
> http://www.historyshots.com/Parties2/index.cfm.)
>
> John Pomeranz
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Justin Levitt
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