SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Check out the SAS Student Series during winter break](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/11/Mike-Janes-blog-post-702x336.jpg)
SAS is launching the SAS Student Series, which bundles thousands of dollars’ worth of training and certification materials into an affordable package for university students and recent graduates.
![Enhancing a congressional district map - one layer at a time](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/11/nc_congressional_districts_2018-702x336.png)
With the recent midterm elections here in the US, I frequently saw congressional district maps popping up in the news. And being a GraphGuy, I wanted to fully understand these maps, to see if I might could improve them. If you're interested in congressional district maps, follow along as I
![Creating a custom 'I Voted' sticker](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/11/i_voted_transparency-662x336.png)
With today being an election day here in the US, I see a lot of people wearing the 'I Voted' sticker. This got me wondering if I could create my own sticker ... using SAS software and simple graphics primitives. :-) So I started by using Proc Gslide to create
![Visualizing cities as constellations in the night sky constellation map - first 25 states](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/11/constellation_top-668x336.png)
Who says technical people can't have fun!?! Similar to Throwback Thursday / #TBT (when people post one of their old/nostalgic photos on social media), I like the tradition of Fun Friday when I use a fun data topic to test our software - a test can be just as rigorous using
![Tracking Trump's approval rating](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/10/donald_trump_approval_rasmussen-702x336.png)
President Donald Trump - people seem to either love him or hate him. Which makes for an interesting data-analysis topic ... tracking Trump's approval rating. Follow along as I explore some data! I'll start with what I consider the 'best' approval-rating graph I've found so far. Here's a screen-capture of
![What is the most common last name in each North Carolina county?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2018/10/nc_last_names-702x336.png)
The other day I was playing around with the voter registration data for all ~8 million registered voters in North Carolina (yes - this guy knows how to have fun!), and I got to wondering what last names were the most common. I summarized the data by county, and the