The State of the Union, in charts & graphs.
Since 1989, U.S. Secretaries of State have made 1,298 visits abroad. Here we break them down by country and by individual secretary. Full data.
So Congress is less popular than head lice, colonoscopies and Nickelback.
Data from Public Policy Polling, graphic by Dylan Matthews (The Washington Post)
The Washington Post should put this image on its Tumblr.
Note: This is our Tumblr. Learn it y’all.
(via wilwheaton)
Health care vs. spending on health.
Infographic by the Bipartisan Policy Center
A public transit-esque map showing Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s duel evolution on gay marriage. See the full graphic here.
By Vince Bzdek and Todd Lindeman (The Washington Post). Research by Lucy Shackelford and Madonna Lebling
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has announced it will no longer fund Planned Parenthood (it had provided money that went to breast cancer screenings in the past).
A chart, from Ezra Klein earlier this year, looking at where the money given to Planned Parenthood goes.
