The view from the back porch in Bardolph, IL. Photo credit: Elena Johnson.

Republicans appear to be making abortion a central political issue in the runup to the 2020 elections.

The wind in Milwaukee is strongly affected by Lake Michigan.

Everyone knows Milwaukee is an overwhelmingly Democratic city.

As Wisconsin data nerds know, election results aren’t actually reported by individual wards.

Registered voter counts in Wisconsin changed more over the course of 2018 than in any recent election year.

This gif shows snow depths at every U.S. weather station on each day from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

These charts show the results of elections in 21 democracies from 1950 to 2011.

This maps shows 2018 year-to-date rainfall compared to the normal amount (as calculated by NOAA from 1981-2010).

This code builds the county-level map in this post.