Nov 4, 2020
5 min read
Why the Election Needle Got It Right but Felt So Wrong
It’s just a tool, they said. But really, the needle is a metaphor.
I wrote yesterday in defense of the New York Times’ election needle, the maligned data visualization that anxiety-ridden election-watchers can’t stop refreshing, no matter how hard they try. (You can find it here, probably still quivering away, should you so…
