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Diverging Stacked Bar

An invisible y-axis separates the good/bad, positive/negative, or agree/disagree categories.

Description

An invisible y-axis separates the good/bad, positive/negative, or agree/disagree categories.

Resources

  • The case against diverging stacked bars
  • Are 100% diverging stacked bars useless?

Tutorials

  • One stacked bar chart with invisible white sections
  • Two separate charts next to each other

Functions

Examples

  • Obama Gets Mixed Ratings on Issues
  • Favorable vs. unfavorable views towards Jews and Muslims
  • Whether certain racial/ethnic groups believe the Earth is getting warmer (or not) and why
  • Joe Mako’s submission to Cole Nussbaumer’s dataviz challenge

Example Chart

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