This visualizations aims to give insight in the shifts in political preferences in the Netherlands, in the period 1946-2017. It uses data from national elections (Tweede Kamerverkiezingen) and pairs this with left-right scores for the large parties in each period to represent the shift in the average political preference.
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The opening page gives an explanation of the visualization and the way the scores are computed:
The visualization consists of three components:
- The map, showing in color which rile (the left-right score) each municipality had in the 2017 election.
- The rile chart, showing the development of the rile for the selected region in a particular region. Selecting new regions draws the lines on this graph, which allows for the user to compare regions to each other.
- Detailed information on the election results of the selected region. This is shown in a line chart, which shows development over the years,
and a pie chart, which shows the data per year in a more detailed manner.
Lastly, a case study for one of the parties, which shows that the used data is explanatory for the general developments in the Dutch political landscape.
External Used Sources:
- Picture of Wim Kok: Wikipedia (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Wim_Kok_1994.jpg/266px-Wim_Kok_1994.jpg)
- Picture of Joop den Uyl: Jalta.nl (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Joop_den_Uyl_1982_%281%29.jpg/800px-Joop_den_Uyl_1982_%281%29.jpg)
- Picture of Willem Drees: Wikipedia (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Drees%2C_W._-_SFA002019221.jpg/266px-Drees%2C_W._-_SFA002019221.jpg)
- Source of the color legend used for the map: (http://bl.ocks.org/syntagmatic/e8ccca52559796be775553b467593a9f)
- Source of the legend for line and pie chart: (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42009622/how-to-create-a-horizontal-legend)
