ProPublica used a neat data visualization tool called Many Eyes to create the two maps below, which I’ve chopped up a bit so I could fit them on our blog. The top map displays unemployment numbers by state. The bottom map shows stimulus funds by state. As Oregon, Wyoming, and a number of other states illustrate, there is essentially no connection. The amount of stimulus funds a state will get depends on a number of things, not least among them the seniority and committee assignments of that state’s representatives. Apparently “need” isn’t at the top of the list.
March 2, 2009
Mapping Stimulus Funds vs. Unemployment
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