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« on: January 09, 2018, 03:40:19 PM »
I came across this Vox article and it got me thinking. Which do you prefer?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/8/16865532/2016-presidential-election-map-xkcd
https://twitter.com/AlanMCole/status/950415038506037254


1 - xkcd map. This is the one that the article was primarily about:




2 - Counties. Personally, I prefer this, admittedly for for its pleasant aesthetics




3 - NYT (1)




4 - NYT (2)




5 - Other (please specify in a post)
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2018, 04:08:08 PM »
The County Map.
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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 06:23:58 PM »
xkcd is a good map, but unfortunately 1) im colorblind and cant easily tell between "other" and "trump" stick figures, 2) the northeast is too crowded, needs to be cleaned up.
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 07:26:00 PM »
I prefer the color scheme of the Wikipedia map
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2018, 07:47:43 PM »
Other: Realisticidealist’s precinct map.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2018, 07:54:37 PM »
Quote from: cinyc on January 09, 2018, 07:47:43 PM
Other: Realisticidealist’s precinct map.

RI's precinct map, but cartogram version. Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2018, 06:01:47 PM »
RI’s maps are the best, the NYT dot map with the margins is my second favorite (that’s 2012 though). The county maps (although the one in the OP is from 2012) are also very interesting to look at. All the maps have value.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2018, 06:03:51 PM »
Counties and NYT 1.
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2018, 07:31:58 PM »
« Edited: January 11, 2018, 07:34:51 PM by Crumpets »
Personally my favorite style of map is the Upshot/Nate Cohn version of the XKCD map. But alas, it only exists on a statewide level (I think these might actually be from 2014 Senate elections):
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2018, 08:57:44 PM »
Quote from: Crumpets on January 11, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Personally my favorite style of map is the Upshot/Nate Cohn version of the XKCD map. But alas, it only exists on a statewide level (I think these might actually be from 2014 Senate elections):

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omg those look nice! Where did you find them?
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2018, 10:07:28 PM »
The first one because it shows how meaningless Trump's dominance of rural counties was
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2018, 12:39:29 PM »
Quote from: Crumpets on January 11, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Personally my favorite style of map is the Upshot/Nate Cohn version of the XKCD map. But alas, it only exists on a statewide level (I think these might actually be from 2014 Senate elections):






They look bruised
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2018, 07:14:24 PM »
Quote from: Crumpets on January 11, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Personally my favorite style of map is the Upshot/Nate Cohn version of the XKCD map. But alas, it only exists on a statewide level (I think these might actually be from 2014 Senate elections):
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« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2018, 11:30:40 AM »
Quote from: Metalhead123 on January 09, 2018, 07:26:00 PM
I prefer the color scheme of the Wikipedia map
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« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2018, 01:28:59 PM »
Quote from: Virginia on January 11, 2018, 08:57:44 PM
Quote from: Crumpets on January 11, 2018, 07:31:58 PM
Personally my favorite style of map is the Upshot/Nate Cohn version of the XKCD map. But alas, it only exists on a statewide level (I think these might actually be from 2014 Senate elections):

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omg those look nice! Where did you find them?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/04/upshot/senate-maps.html
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« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2018, 02:02:00 PM »
I like the first map because it shows us where most of the voters actually are, although the map could have been executed a bit better.
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