Luis Melgar

Washington, D.C.

Graphics Reporter

Education: University of Miami, MA in Journalism

Luis Melgar is a graphics reporter at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post in 2022, he was a graphics developer at the Urban Institute. Previously, he worked as a graphics editor at the Wall Street Journal, and he has covered gun violence and gun culture as a data journalist for the public media collaborative Guns & America. He has also worked at Univision.
Latest from Luis Melgar

    Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now?

    Check out The Washington Post’s presidential polling averages of the seven battleground states most likely to determine the outcome of the election.

    September 17, 2024

    Do you spend money more like a millennial or a boomer? Take this quiz to find out.

    Economic conditions and individual priorities play a big role in spending. Find out if you spend money more like an 18-year-old or a 78-year-old with this quiz.

    August 30, 2024

      Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election

      The 50 biggest donors this cycle have collectively pumped $1.5 billion into political committees and other groups competing in the 2024 election.

      August 26, 2024

      Quiz: What world records might look like in real life

      Weightlifting, high jump, shot put, long jump or pole vault, see how impressive world records in Olympic sports might look in real life with this quiz.

      July 19, 2024

      Americans are sleeping more than ever. See how you compare.

      An individual in the United States gained 10 minutes of sleep per day, on average, between 2019 and 2022. That’s a meaningful increase, sleep experts said.

      April 30, 2024

      See how the Key Bridge collapse will disrupt the supply of cars, coal and tofu

      The suspension of vessel traffic to the Port of Baltimore will add another disruption to already stressed supply chains, experts say.

      March 27, 2024

      How every House member voted on the budget bill to avert a shutdown

      See if your lawmaker voted for or against funding for the Defense, State, Homeland Security and other departments ahead of the March 22 funding deadline.

      March 22, 2024

      Calculate how much you would get from the expanded child tax credit

      An expanded child tax credit would significantly increase the child tax credit for lower-income families with multiple children.

      February 1, 2024

      See how Trump pulled support from his 2016 rivals to fuel New Hampshire win

      Donald Trump did best among Ted Cruz’s 2016 voting bloc and his own base, but he also won roughly a third of the 2016 moderate voting bloc.

      January 24, 2024

      See how Trump more than doubled his support in Iowa since 2016

      Donald Trump gained votes in areas that backed Ted Cruz in 2016 and held on to the vast majority of precincts he won eight years ago.

      January 16, 2024