Congress is getting more diverse as 49 women of color are set to serve in the 117th. Though historic, this milestone is only another waypoint in a slow-to-change history with many obstacles.
Together with @sidney_b + @ameliatd:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/women-of-color-congress-2020/
Congress is getting more diverse as 49 women of color are set to serve in the 117th. Though historic, this milestone is only another waypoint in a slow-to-change history with many obstacles. Together with @sidney_b + @ameliatd: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/women-of-color-congress-2020/
Congress is getting more diverse as 49 women of color are set to serve in the 117th. Though historic, this milestone is only another waypoint in a slow-to-change history with many obstacles. Together with @sidney_b + @ameliatd: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/women-of-color-congress-2020/
Congress is getting more diverse as 49 women of color are set to serve in the 117th. Though historic, this milestone is only another waypoint in a slow-to-change history with many obstacles. Together with @sidney_b + @ameliatd: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/women-of-color-congress-2020/
Congress is getting more diverse as 49 women of color are set to serve in the 117th. Though historic, this milestone is only another waypoint in a slow-to-change history with many obstacles. Together with @sidney_b + @ameliatd: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/women-of-color-congress-2020/
Here are some early, very rough (and ugly 😬) sketches to get a feel for the narrative:
Here are some early, very rough (and ugly ) sketches to get a feel for the narrative:
Here are some early, very rough (and ugly ) sketches to get a feel for the narrative:
Here are some early, very rough (and ugly ) sketches to get a feel for the narrative:
A little bit more data exploration 👀
and cleaning... 🧼🧹
...which led to some manual data handling in order to make this timeline actually work.
...which led to some manual data handling in order to make this timeline actually work.
...which led to some manual data handling in order to make this timeline actually work.
And that changed the visual shape of the final piece compared to the initial sketched outline. As it is in the business 🌈
And that changed the visual shape of the final piece compared to the initial sketched outline. As it is in the business
And that changed the visual shape of the final piece compared to the initial sketched outline. As it is in the business
And that changed the visual shape of the final piece compared to the initial sketched outline. As it is in the business
You can noodle around it now to see the tenure of each Congress woman of color:
Unreflected in the byline, our work benefited greatly from the insightful edits ✏️ of @juruwolfe and @sfrostenson, from the careful eyes 👀 of @mayasweedler. And our ✨ amazing quant editor @laurabronner also seems to get me out of every data transformation hell I rappel into 🙇‍♀️
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