This week’s Makeover Monday is a bit of a dark topic that gives us a glimmer into the how politicians in the US respond to a tragedy. Yes, this is a single mass shooting, but they occur nearly every day in America and the responses from politicians are now all too standard. The Orlando mass shooting likely got more attention because it happened at a LGBT club. This and other tragedies beg the question: When will America get its act together?

The chart that we’re reviewing this week is by the grapics team at The Washington Post.

What works well?

• It’s neatly organised in a 3x3 grid.
• The semi-circles are all sized relative to each other.
• It’s very easy to understand.
• They used colors that are automatically associated with the two political parties
• Everything is clearly labeled.
• It’s not over-cluttered.

What could be improved?

• The chart implies that there are equal representatives in both parties. However, Republicans have 247 seats while Democrats have 187.
  
• Using semi-circles makes the shapes hard to compare.
  
• It's difficult to compare across the topics.
  
• There should be an easier way to which party talks more about each topic
  

Given these changes I would like to see, I’ve create this version that shows how many representatives talked about each topic in a tornado chart format. I then included a circle with a number inside to show which party talked about the topic more and by how many representatives. Lastly, I added lots of summary details in the tooltips.