Mapping Presidential Election Results – Map 4 of 4
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| Mark Newman. from Maps of the 2008 US Presidential Results, published online. Courtesy of the author. |
| Standard state and county maps show acreage but fail to note population distribution. In reporting the results of a Presidential election, these maps misrepresent areas of low and high population density. By using a cartogram, in which the map is rescaled to each state’s or county’s population rather than its acreage, a different impression is created. Now that the states and counties have been stretched and squeezed, there is clearly more blue than red. |
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