[OC] Level of disagreement between political parties in Norway

[u/Arve]

Disagreement between FrP and: SV: 185, R: 177, MDG: 169, AP: 133, V: 117, KRF: 107, SP: 100, H: 69

Disagreement between H and: R: 148, SV: 146, MDG: 130, SP: 93, AP: 90, KRF: 86, V: 80, FrP: 69

Disagreement between KrF and: FrP: 107, SV: 106, R: 104, MDG: 92, H: 86, V: 78, AP: 78, SP: 77

Disagreement between V and FrP: 117, SP: 109, AP: 90, R: 86, SV: 84, H: 80, KRF: 78, MDG: 68

Disagreement between SP and: V: 109, SV: 101, FrP: 100, MDG: 95, R: 95, H: 93, KRF: 77, AP: 63

Disagreement between AP and: FrP: 133, H: 90, V: 90, R: 80, KRF: 78, SV: 74, MDG: 68, SP: 63

Disagreement between MDG and: FrP: 169, H: 130, SP: 95, KRF: 92, V: 68, AP: 68, R: 36, SV: 28

Disagreement between SV and: FrP: 185, H: 146, KRF: 106, SP: 101, V: 84, AP: 74, MDG: 28, R: 20

Disagreement between R and: FrP: 177, H: 148, KRF: 104, SP: 95, V: 86, AP: 80, MDG: 36, SV: 20

[u/Magmagan]

r/dataisillegible

Sorry OP but this one needed more time in the oven. The data is probably interesting, but you can't understand anything at a glance.

[u/Arve → u/Magmagan]

Complex data is complex.

Here, the data is, in heatmap form, normalized to between absolute agreement and absolute disagreement

[u/Magmagan → u/Arve]

Again, good data, but it's really hard to tell what is happening here. You have to slowly take the data in for even the more obvious conclusions, such as R, MDG and SV sharing many values.

Also, no reason to keep abbreviating. It just makes the data harder to read. Who the hell are MDG, SV and R? OOOOOH... Red, Green and Socialist, that makes sense now....

[u/tripsd → u/Magmagan]

This one’s actually way more intuitive

[u/Arve → u/Magmagan]

The abbreviations are an aesthetic choice because Norway is a wordy language. The Greens/MDG are called actually named "Miljøpartiet De Grønne", or literally in English "The green environmental party" (corrected for grammar/word order)

[u/Eager_Question → u/Arve]

That's not that wordy.

[u/JBinero → u/Eager_Question]

I think it is a cultural thing. In Belgium too most parties are known exclusively by their abbreviations to most. Putting the full names on it might confuse a lot of people!

[u/prooijtje → u/JBinero]

But you're making something for an international audience who wouldn't know those abbreviations.

[u/JBinero → u/prooijtje]

The audience wouldn't know the parties anyway. The closest thing you could do is put up their overarching European party names, but most people don't know those either, and those who do know them by their abbreviations...

There are issues with data representation, and perhaps a legend could help with the abbreviations, but quite honestly there is no way for an international audience to interpret this data anyway, and for all we know for a domestic audience the abbreviations are more convenient.

[u/Arve → u/prooijtje]

They wouldn't know the full name either, unless the party for some reason has been in the news, and the full name might actually even be confusing.

For instance, the Norwegian "Venstre". Literally, that word translates to "Left". On the political spectrum, they lean right in economic policies, and are in some respects a "small state"-party. They're politically anchored to the right side in Norway.

Then there is "Fremskrittspartiet", which translates as "The progress party". On an american axis, they'd never be considered as progressive. They are a party that borders on right-wing extreme liberalism, and have shifted heavily towards downright MAGA policies, whereas "progressive" would normally imply left-leaning in the US.

"Arbeiderpartiet", lit. "Worker's party", but are associated with Labour in the UK. A US person would quite likely associate them with communism. They're centre left, social democratic. There's nothing communist about them, and have transitioned from being viewed as a leftist party, towards being a centrist party, but still anchored in the unions and workers rights.

"Kristelig Folkeparti", lit. "People's Christian Party". Their own f*cking leader said that it's not likely that Jesus would've voted for them. After a leadership shuffle a few years ago, they're an anti-LGBTQ-party attempting to promote and enforce Christian values, and alongside Fremskrittspartiet, they're competing to be the most MAGA party there is.

[u/GossamerLens → u/Arve]

That is not nearly as wordy as all your comments complaining that it is wordy.