Xi'an's Og

Following the results of the local (municipal) elections, Le Monde published a series of graphs, most of which are terrible. The one above produces the political colour of the winning mayor (when identified) from the previous elections to the current one. With the flows linking 2020 and 2026 solely decorative. And hiding the serious increase in extreme right city halls. The one below is even worse as it has bars for each party adding the second round voters to the first round voters, albeit they are mostly the same! And as they are not proportional to the number of secured city halls since there are more right wing ones than left wing halls…

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