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The two tightly coiled clusters…",[],"unknown",{"praise":58,"objections":75,"requests":98,"questions":127,"alternatives":136},[59],{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Interesting, fascinating analysis of senate polarization over time","commenter",[63,67,71],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"6737192","kposehn","This is absolutely fascinating.",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"6737180","ebilgenius","I think it's fascinating watching how the parties have split up more over the years.",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"6740075","lmg643","as someone who is generally familiar with key political figures, i'd say this graph is awesome. it immediately quantifies information that you otherwise would guess at based on…",[76,91],{"value":77,"source":61,"evidence":78},"Visualization is hard to understand without a key or legend",[79,83,87],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"6737067","pfraze","There's probably some cool insights in here, but I'll need some help understanding it. For instance, what does an edge in the graph represent? What can I tell from the boldness…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"6737062","mattpavelle","A legend\u002Fkey would be nice.",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"6739976","bkamapantula","Please describe the visualization (relationships you mentioned, how the nodes are colored) in the webpage. It is hard to understand what's going on there. It would be great if…",{"value":92,"source":61,"evidence":93},"Page uses so much CPU it slows down the browser",[94],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"6737240","thehme","Ok, so while I wish I had the time to create a cool web app to analyze political data, I def think it would required not to overload the user's CPU. I launched the site and…",[99,108,112],{"value":100,"source":61,"evidence":101},"Add a legend or key explaining edges and node position",[102,103,104],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"6737824","SapphireSun","Really cool! In addition to the comments others are making, I would recommend making the intensity of the base blue and red colors match. The democrats look more intense than the…",{"value":109,"source":61,"evidence":110},"Make the data public",[111],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},{"value":113,"source":61,"evidence":114},"Animation or snapshots over time, from 1980 onward",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"6737159","martindale","It would be helpful to see an animation to clarify this, but it's interesting to quantify how increasingly polarized this has become, starting in the early '90s.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"6737189","x0054","+1 If the author could get data from 1980-2013, and make it into a 60 second animation, it would be really interesting to see.",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"6740291","pnathan","David, This may be asking for a bit much, but would you kindly put together a series of snapshots for a long time, spaced every 2 years? I would be willing to help out in…",[128],{"value":129,"source":61,"evidence":130},"What does an edge and node position represent; how are abstentions counted",[131,132],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"6738023","dnautics","1) How are abstentions counted? Does a senator that abstains more get pushed out towards the edge for having less connections in general? 2) Is this correct: If a party member…",[137,144,151],{"value":138,"source":61,"evidence":139},"Simon Jackman ideal-point estimates for Senate and House",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"6737871","caf","If you like this, you may also be interested in Simon Jackman's ideal-point estimates for both the Senate and House: http:\u002F\u002Fjackman.stanford.edu\u002Fideal\u002FcurrentSenate\u002Fx1.pdf…",{"value":145,"source":61,"evidence":146},"Friggeri's similar senate voting project",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"6738313","friggeri","If you're into that kind of things, here is a similar project I did last year: http:\u002F\u002Ffriggeri.net\u002Fresearch\u002Fsenate\u002F",{"value":152,"source":61,"evidence":153},"Vik Paruchuri's SVD analysis of Senate votes",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"6737549","vikp","Interesting analysis, David. 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