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Political values and co-operation
Financial Times's scatter plot drew 1.9M views on X: 4.2x its typical post and #5 of 25 Financial Times charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
Why it spread
This post spread because a well known independent author paired a timely political claim with a scatter chart showing the US right closer to Russia in values, drawing 11,440 likes, 3,453 reposts, 588 quotes, 2,960 saves and 1,896,760 views.
What worked
- The post text made a sharp, under appreciated claim that the US right is ideologically closer to Russia, Turkey and in some senses China than to the rest of the west, which invited debate and quoting.
- The chart was a scatter with medium design polish, medium self labelling, no unusual form, a brand mark and a source line, so it looked credible and easy to share.
- The source reach and quote rate both landed in the top quarter, and the many quotes plus the independent author gave the post extra distribution beyond the account's own followers.
What to borrow
We could take a timely political or cultural claim and pair it with a simple scatter of our own data, keeping a clear source line and a brand mark so the chart travels well.
Careful
Do not copy the political framing as if it were neutral, and do not over read the numbers as proof of the claim, since the spread came from a mix of timing, author reputation and debate.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Financial Times.
Make it yours
Your numbers, the bar chart way.
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Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.30 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
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How far did Financial Times's "Political values and co-operation" chart travel?
1,896,760 views, 11,440 likes, 3,453 reposts and 2,960 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @jburnmurdoch gets about 455K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A scatter plot. US right closer to Russia in values.
Can I use Financial Times's chart?
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