Participating Knowledge has up to date its US County Electoral Map – Land Space vs Inhabitants map so as to now zoom in and discover the election ends in every state. The map permits you to see the 2020 Presidential Election election outcomes on the county degree based mostly on land space or inhabitants dimension.
If you choose the ‘Inhabitants’ button on the map then the coloured proportional circles change dimension to signify the county inhabitants dimension. Switching between the Land and Inhabitants buttons supplies a dramatic illustration of how the identical knowledge may be visualized in radically alternative ways.
As Kenneth Discipline not too long ago defined to Wired “Individuals see maps of any kind, and significantly election maps, because the consequence, the result, however there are such a lot of various kinds of maps obtainable that may painting ends in shades of the reality.” The Wired article Is the US Leaning Purple or Blue? It All Depends upon Your Map explores numerous totally different mapped visualizations of the 2016 Presidential Election to assist illustrate how totally different map methodologies can inform very totally different tales. You’ll be able to discover most of those maps in nearer element at Thematic maps of the 2016 Presidential election.
After the latest UK election almost each election map I noticed within the media included a cartogram view of the outcomes. Much like the US (and lots of, many different nations) within the UK sparsely populated rural areas are likely to vote extra right-wing, whereas extra densely populated city areas vote in larger numbers for events of the left.
