State Of The Union Infographic

The New York Times continues to include amazing infographics along with its online content. This morning, there is a great one - not interactive, like many are - detailing the linguistic content of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union addresses over the last 8 years. It provides an illuminating look at the administration’s perception of the American life and global landscape.

Also interesting is the accompanying graph that plots the percentage of people who “approve of the way Mr. Bush is handling his job” and “said the country is going in the right direction” since the President took office in 2001. Two guesses which direction the graph is heading, and the first one doesn’t count.

Last year’s look at the State of the Union is here.