Comment on YSK most US states assign their electoral college votes by the state's popular vote
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 months agoFor me, it’s helpful to remember what the underlying reality is.
When those votes are counted, the resulting electoral votes align to those votes, which results in maps like what you showed. When strategists tune their messages to target demographics they can divide (e.g., rural vs. urban), they’re playing a game of inches, and that’s still the reality, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
Keep voting, everyone!
My brain instinctively rejects that image. Not cause it isn’t accurate; it’s showing what it’s supposed to.
But really, that the shape of it is hostile and threatening and it looks vaguely biological and some creepy shit gets sent up and down my spine about it.
alilbee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hey, that’s a neat image. I’ve seen other ways of visualizing the popular vote on a map but this one looks wonky as hell and I like it.
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Data can be beautiful. I just found a similar but maybe clearer example from 2016 with a nice write-up about it.
Teaser from that article: Image
I think the common term for these is “cartogram”.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
The red looks like a disease
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It really fucking does, doesn’t it?