
Andrew Van Dam
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columnist at the Washington Post’s Department of Data. previously WSJ, Boston Globe and Idaho Press-Tribune.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/29/dept-of-data/ 07-02-2009 03:30:30
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🙏🌎🗞️Thx to Andrew Van Dam's Dept. of Data for this rare bit of good news for the planet: "the UV-blocking, bazillion-SPF ozone layer grows thicker every year thanks to one of the environmental movement’s great success stories" washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

“Flat counts as a win only in Zamboni driving and concrete finishing.” — Andrew Van Dam washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Newsrooms have declined; reporters have endured, says Andrew Van Dam. To reporters who carry the culture into a nonprofit: It’s OK to remind them that you’re not a psychopath; it's just that certain tried-and-true methods can make you seem a little iffy. wapo.st/4cXLUbb


How reporting and editing jobs have changed: “America still has reporters (and editors). They’re a little different. They have hollowed out in age, with fewer in their prime earning years and more youngsters and folks in their 60s.” Andrew Van Dam search.app/EBogaTFZnd2rLL…

Well it's true: Democrats really are more likely to be childless cat ladies. And childless cat men. And childless dog ladies and men. Via Andrew Van Dam washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…


A strange data catch from Andrew Van Dam: Google searches for “how to kill yourself” are falling, even as the number of suicides has gone up, while Google searches for “how to kill someone else” are surging, even as homicides have fallen What’s going on? washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…


People have said a lot of things about my name. Today Lenny Bronner & Andrew Van Dam taught me… It is the most Republican name in America for men 65-75.



"retirement-age folks & #Republicans are the least likely to use #library 'facilities.' Those of us w advanced degrees are among the most likely to use the restrooms, as are followers of major non-Christian religions." Great stuff from Andrew Van Dam wapo.st/3YaPxpI


Im not trying to be a Doomer here but the actual conclusions from the article by my friends Federica Cocco & Andrew Van Dam are considerably more ambivalent washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…


Full column from Andrew Van Dam “Wait, are Millennials suddenly the wealthiest generation?” As Andrew explains, the answer is complicated. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…




How can polls be right if nobody answers their phones? Great overview from Andrew Van Dam of: 1) Who actually gets polled 2) How polls shifted from phone to online panels 3) The really hard "weighting game" of weighting responses to polls/surveys


hello! for election night tonight, i'll be the numbers guy on BBC World Service radio today as the election returns come in. I'll also be joining the The Washington Post live blog tonight. the others will be hosting a Split Ticket live stream, which we'll post about soon. :)

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This is from another great column by Andrew Van Dam “these are the most fulfilling jobs in America.” washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Who’s most likely to change (or hyphenate) their name after marriage? Thanks Andrew Van Dam for answering my question! The “SAVE” Act will make it harder for women that changed their last names to vote.The bill is #sexist and #misogynistic washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

The Washington Post's take on World Bank's new Data360 platform: “The results are mind-blowing.” wapo.st/3GCN6Ga