the presidential race in graphs June 22, 2012

The Presidential Race in Graphs (and Charts and Diagrams), Part I

By Dan Amira

Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

From now until November, we will periodically bring you an update on the presidential race in the form of graphs and charts and diagrams, because who doesn’t like looking at that stuff? This is the very first time we are doing that.

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