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ELECTION AND POLITICAL GRAPHICS

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, I’m excited to continue reporting through data visualization—translating complex political issues, campaign dynamics, polling trends, and election results into clear, accessible graphics for readers.

Accurate, independent journalism plays a vital role in a functioning democracy. From documenting historical moments to explaining policy decisions and holding institutions accountable, visual storytelling can help audiences better understand how government and elections shape their daily lives.

Over the years, I’ve created graphics covering local, state, and national politics, including election-night results, ballot measures, legislative processes, voting trends, demographic shifts, campaign finance, and political science concepts. These projects range from quick-turn breaking news visuals to deeper explanatory graphics.

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Election graphic shows presidential electoral vote count in 2024.
Diagram illustrates increasing polarization between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S.
Aggregation and a known dimension (a polarization scale) simplify a complex network layout. Published in the Annual Review of Sociology v40. Adapted from Moody & Mucha 2013 with permission from Cambridge University Press. (Graphic by Fiona Martin / Annual Reviews)

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Illustration: Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into sugars, using the food to grow. This process, called photosynthesis, allows plants to make their own food, storing the carbon in their tissues as they grow roots, branches and leaves. In this way, forests help fight climate change by absorbing and storing carbon pollution that is heating the planet. Big trees store the most carbon because of their mass, and long-lived species such as Douglas fir and red cedar can lock carbon away for centuries. Trees absorb carbon dioxide gas through openings in leaves or needles called stomata. Chloroplasts within leaves and needles use the energy of the sun to split water molecules drawn up through tree roots into hydrogen and oxygen, released through their stomata. Trees and other green plants create the air we breathe, and shelter and nourish life as we know it.
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ICE ARRESTS BY SEATTLE FIELD OFFICE
Multi-chart graphic showing that several northwest counties and municipalities saw a sharp increase in ICE arrests following the start of President Trump's second term, including King, Clark, Whatcom, and Yakima Counties in Washington; Multnomah, Marion, and Washington Counties in Oregon, and Anchorage municipality.
ICE ARRESTS BY SEATTLE FIELD OFFICE