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How the year in which you were born influences your political beliefs. Really neat data showing why so many people of certain age groups tend to be Democrat or Republican. It shows how events in one's late teens & 20s influences their voting in their 50s & 60s. The one thing I wish they would have tracked - although maybe the phenomenon is too recent for hard data to be pulled - is the utter disillusionment of the electorate in either party, leading to a growing Independent bloc. How Birth Year Influences Political Views Not really sure if this is "political" but there are a lot of things you could pull from this data. I thought it was pretty interesting to see where people from my current state (Nebraska) came here from, and where they move to. Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State Mapping Migration in the United States This one's both interesting and frightening. It shows, in 255 charts, the way our economy changed since the 2008 Recession. How the Recession Reshaped the Economy A follow-up to the above charts is this one, showing the American Middle Class's shrinking lead over the rest of the world. Rather unsurprising when we've had a do-nothing congress for the better part of the last decade. The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest