Obama's Worldwide Stamps of Approval infographic

From our friends at GOOD transparency, is a simple infographic showing President Obama's worldwide approval rating.  I like the use of stamps to help identify the countries around the world, and that the order is representative of highest approval to lowest approval ratings.  I think this graphic lacks the use of illustration to convey the data.  The actual approval ratings are only communicated with the numbers without any graphic representation.

During the campaign, President Obama argued that his election would help restore the image the rest of the world has of United States.  In the six months since his election, his approval ratings at home have slipped, though they remain high. Around the rest of the world, opinion is mixed. A recent study by WorldPublicOpinion.org asked people in 21 countries whether they had confidence that Obama would “do the right thing” when it came to world affairs. Our latest Transparency is a look at their responses.

One other criticism would be that the text implies that we should be looking at how worldwide opinion has changed since Obama's election, but the data is actually only a snapshot of opinions six months after the election.  No indication is this is higher or lower than the opinions at the time of his election.

A collaboration between GOOD and Michael Newhouse at Newhouse Design.

Thanks Michelle for the link!

Comments

[Nifty Nick]

Those numbers are not accurate. His approval rating in the US 47%, with a 52% disapproval rating. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[Duffer]

I like this, but I think the graphic could have been improved by relating the area of the stamp to the approval rating - i.e. the stamps for Kenya & Great Britain would be about twice the size of those for Turkey or Iraq.
But certainly more visually appealing than just a list of figures.

[Martin Carter]

Great article and some points are very true and can come in useful.