Political scientist turned data scientist. Writing on data, Congress, and whatever else seems worth a post.https://adamolson.org/https://adamolson.org/blog/animating-dw-nominate-with-gganimate/https://adamolson.org/blog/animating-dw-nominate-with-gganimate/Using gganimate to show how the ideological distribution of Congress has shifted since World War II.Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://adamolson.org/blog/benford-law-election-fraud/https://adamolson.org/blog/benford-law-election-fraud/A plain-language walkthrough of Benford's Law, and a quick check of whether the 2012 Minnesota U.S. Senate results fit the pattern.Mon, 28 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://adamolson.org/blog/mapping-data-in-r/https://adamolson.org/blog/mapping-data-in-r/Two ways to make choropleth maps in R — the quick way with the maps package, and the more flexible way with raw shapefiles.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://adamolson.org/blog/plotting-dw-nominate-over-time/https://adamolson.org/blog/plotting-dw-nominate-over-time/How to plot multiple custom-aggregated lines in ggplot2 when the usual "color by group variable" trick doesn't fit.Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://adamolson.org/blog/sql-in-r-with-odbc/https://adamolson.org/blog/sql-in-r-with-odbc/How I structure reusable, parameterized R functions for pulling data out of SQL Server with the odbc package.Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT