POL · Charts
Political & policy, charted.
A small, growing collection of data visualizations on U.S. politics, public spending, and the economy — each one built to make a single number legible.
Debt by president
Real (inflation-adjusted, 2026-dollar) increase in federal debt per presidential term, with the 2008 crisis and COVID broken out and Trump II projected from CBO figures.
View chart →Net worth in office
Estimated change in each modern president's personal net worth during their time in office, ranked — with the non-Trump presidents shown magnified so they're visible at all.
View chart →Nationwide injunctions
How often federal courts blocked each administration's policies nationwide, per year in office — a proxy for court–executive conflict, with two honest readings of what it means.
View chart →Executive orders per year
Executive orders published per year of each presidency since Clinton — every one inside a 35–55 band, until one bar cleared the modern-era high of 80 by more than 2×.
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