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The symbols on the quotes are mysterious, and no key is given. First block is D/R (democrat, republican). Second is age range. Fourth is gender. I thought t

The symbols on the quotes are mysterious, and no key is given. First block is D/R (democrat, republican). Second is age range. Fourth is gender. I thought the third might be race, since a couple of people have a pink W (white?) and a couple have a brown M (mixed race?), but some have a green dollar sign or cents sign. edit: someone has both a W and a cents sign.

dalke 10y ago
The span element's class is the only legend I could find. 1) "liberal,young,poor,non-white" 2) "liberal,old,non-white,woman" 3) "conservative,poor,white,man" / "conservative,young,white,woman" 4) "liberal,poor,woman" 5) "liberal,young,rich,man"
evincarofautumn 10y ago
The blocks aren’t strictly positional. Clicking them reveals a legend, but I thought they were clear enough: $ = rich, ¢ = not-rich, W = white, M = minority. So “D$W[male sign]” is “blue state, rich, white, male”. (Oddly, HN won’t let me insert the “male sign” character.)
- Jill_the_Pill 10y ago
  Interesting. I could not get anything by clicking them in my browser.
gefh 10y ago
Click it and you get a full page description.
DINKDINK 10y ago
If you click and hold on the symbols, an overlay appears that decodes it.
- OJFord 10y ago
  I had to double-tap and hold... would never have got it without comments here - what a bizarre UI!
- Jill_the_Pill 10y ago
  That's the ticket -- now I can see it.
Cenk 10y ago
You can click the symbols to see the category names
Duckeh 10y ago
This page explains the symbols: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-america-divided/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-america-divided/ (Ugly as sin though)
- eyelidlessness 10y ago
  I must be the only person who adores Bloomberg's design/presentation. It's a very interesting intersection of flat-modern and brutalist, and completely unapologetic. So much of their content also features distinct art and layout in a way that conveys a special amount of care went into its publication, but always within a familiar design language. I understand that it's not appealing to everyone, but I am always surprised at how much it gets ragged on.

dalke 10y ago

The span element's class is the only legend I could find. 1) "liberal,young,poor,non-white" 2) "liberal,old,non-white,woman" 3) "conservative,poor,white,man" / "conservative,young,white,woman" 4) "liberal,poor,woman" 5) "liberal,young,rich,man"

evincarofautumn 10y ago

The blocks aren’t strictly positional. Clicking them reveals a legend, but I thought they were clear enough: $ = rich, ¢ = not-rich, W = white, M = minority. So “D$W[male sign]” is “blue state, rich, white, male”. (Oddly, HN won’t let me insert the “male sign” character.)

Jill_the_Pill 10y ago
Interesting. I could not get anything by clicking them in my browser.

gefh 10y ago

Click it and you get a full page description.

DINKDINK 10y ago

If you click and hold on the symbols, an overlay appears that decodes it.

OJFord 10y ago
I had to double-tap and hold... would never have got it without comments here - what a bizarre UI!
Jill_the_Pill 10y ago
That's the ticket -- now I can see it.

Cenk 10y ago

You can click the symbols to see the category names

Duckeh 10y ago

This page explains the symbols: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-america-divided/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-america-divided/ (Ugly as sin though)

eyelidlessness 10y ago
I must be the only person who adores Bloomberg's design/presentation. It's a very interesting intersection of flat-modern and brutalist, and completely unapologetic. So much of their content also features distinct art and layout in a way that conveys a special amount of care went into its publication, but always within a familiar design language. I understand that it's not appealing to everyone, but I am always surprised at how much it gets ragged on.