Projects

Pin the Headline

A small game about reading political approval curves. You see a leader’s approval rating over time with the dates stripped, and a real headline from their tenure. Can you pin it where it happened from the curve’s shape alone?

Polling series are approximate reconstructions (Gallup, Ipsos MORI, YouGov, IFOP, Datafolha) and are not for citation.

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For America’s 250th birthday, I’ve made a standalone US presidents edition, supported by the John Adams Institute, that features all presidents from FDR through Biden.

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Honeymoon’s over

Leaders tend to start popular and then fade. These are the approval curves of 104 leaders from 25 countries, aligned to their first day in office, with the median leader in bold. Hover over a line, or search for a leader.

Approval series are the approximate reconstructions from public polling used in the game above. They are not for citation. Polling questions differ across countries. The median is shown while at least 10 leaders are still in office.