What were the data storytelling high- and lowlights of the UK General Election?

Hello and welcome to the 83rd Sweet Spot.

Phew! Election Night was ten hours of data overload. Never mind the seismic result, what were the observations I made on the night?

But first, some notices:

• Eli Holder is our next Chart Chat guest. He's an expert on misleading visualisation and an amazing speaker. We'll be doing live psychology experiments to find our own biases! Click here to register. We're live on July 18 at 11am EST.

An election audience wants to know constituency results. Who did it best? In the LinkedIn post below, I look at four examples, from the FT, BBC, Sky and The Times.

The BBC Swingometer has featured in UK Elections since 1955. Check out my history of it on X:

Was the BBC's swingometer any good this year? I'm not convinced it was.

Finally, labelling bar charts is something that can have unexpected challenges. Here's a video I did pointing out a labelling issue with Channel 4's exit poll chart:

There were so many other highlights; it was, as always, a fascinating night. Did you see any other good or bad data stories?

Let me know in the comments. And, if you liked this, please click the share button.

Coming up:

Eli Holder is our next Chart Chat guest. He's an expert on misleading visualisation and an amazing speaker. We'll be doing live psychology experiments to find our own biases! Click here to register. We're live on July 18 at 11am EST.

Crafting a data story is about how to apply different LEVERS to your charts. Check out my recent Tableau webinar.

I've been taking Claude and ChatGPT for a ride recently. How good are they getting at data analysis?

Take care!

That's all for now. Until next time you'll find me on LinkedIn or YouTube. :-)