Clinton and Obama smooching at the end is wild given the completely different views on their economic performance.
SpicyButterBoy on
While these data are interesting, this visualization is extremely hard to parse.Â
sabre_toothed_llama on
The inconsistency between full middle name, middle initial, and middle name being absent is driving me nuts. Who does that? Lol
Jackdaw99 on
Sorry, friend, but this is far from beautiful, and may not even be data. I look at that first blue spike over on the left, there, wonder who it is, and try to follow the line to find out. It’s simply impossible to do so.
reallowtones on
Calvin Coolidge = PURE ALPHA
badlyagingmillenial on
This is probably the worst graph I’ve ever seen lol.
midyblue on
Is data supposed to be legible?
Adventurous_Poem9617 on
talk about irrelevant data.
Mr-Blah on
Impossible to read? Check.
Basic graphing with bad axis? Check
Welcome to the front page of DIB!
Gingerstachesupreme on
**William Jefferson Clinton** sounds like what Hillary calls Bill when he was in trouble.
Jackdaw99 on
I should also point out that, while you say ‘Presidents Since Rutherford Hayes’, there are more than a few missing. Carter, Kennedy, Bush Jr., etc.
WhiskeyDelta89 on
Could you please share your definition of “beautiful”? I’m honestly curious.
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Data and code available at this github (https://github.com/MTabarrok/presidential_stock_market) and an explanation of the chart along with several other charts like it at this blog post (https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/do-presidents-affect-the-stock-market)
Clinton and Obama smooching at the end is wild given the completely different views on their economic performance.
While these data are interesting, this visualization is extremely hard to parse.Â
The inconsistency between full middle name, middle initial, and middle name being absent is driving me nuts. Who does that? Lol
Sorry, friend, but this is far from beautiful, and may not even be data. I look at that first blue spike over on the left, there, wonder who it is, and try to follow the line to find out. It’s simply impossible to do so.
Calvin Coolidge = PURE ALPHA
This is probably the worst graph I’ve ever seen lol.
Is data supposed to be legible?
talk about irrelevant data.
Impossible to read? Check.
Basic graphing with bad axis? Check
Welcome to the front page of DIB!
**William Jefferson Clinton** sounds like what Hillary calls Bill when he was in trouble.
I should also point out that, while you say ‘Presidents Since Rutherford Hayes’, there are more than a few missing. Carter, Kennedy, Bush Jr., etc.
Could you please share your definition of “beautiful”? I’m honestly curious.