Governor and Mayoral Political Party Affiliations
Item: Governor and Mayoral Political Party Affiliations
I recently read an article regarding COVID-19 policy conflicts between state and local governments in the United States and wanted to explore this further. I collected data from Ballotpedia including the political affiliations of all 50 state governors and the mayors of the 100 most populous cities.
I created a map showing cities and states which are color coded by political affiliation. It is interesting to see the different mayoral political affiliations, especially for the cities that are close in proximity where the mayors are part of different political parties. One of the graphs shows mayoral elections in 2020 by political party which may influence a mayor's actions and local policies. The other graph shows state governor political affiliation compared to mayoral political affiliation.
- Comparison between governor political party and mayoral political party
- Skills: ArcMap, Excel, data visualization, data query
I recently read an article regarding COVID-19 policy conflicts between state and local governments in the United States and wanted to explore this further. I collected data from Ballotpedia including the political affiliations of all 50 state governors and the mayors of the 100 most populous cities.
I created a map showing cities and states which are color coded by political affiliation. It is interesting to see the different mayoral political affiliations, especially for the cities that are close in proximity where the mayors are part of different political parties. One of the graphs shows mayoral elections in 2020 by political party which may influence a mayor's actions and local policies. The other graph shows state governor political affiliation compared to mayoral political affiliation.