Comments on: County-level 2008 election results as 3D maps http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/ Journalism, the future of news, and cat pictures. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Not a retard http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-3490 Not a retard Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:24:53 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-3490 Billy, read the maps right you dumb redneck. Lol, no wonder you're Palin 2012. Billy, read the maps right you dumb redneck. Lol, no wonder you’re Palin 2012.

]]> By: William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-3005 William M. Hartnett Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:54:53 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-3005 The point of introducing a vertical axis representing the <em>number</em> of votes is to avoid the misleading nature of traditional two-dimensional maps, which show only the <em>share</em> of votes. Those maps exaggerate the importance of the vast, red but relatively unpopulated parts of the country, and disguise the importance of the compact, blue and densely populated areas. Look at the top two maps again and notice how flat "flyover country" is in both maps. And have a look at the <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/" rel="nofollow">cartograms at this site</a>, which also combine the number and percentage of votes in a single map. The point of introducing a vertical axis representing the number of votes is to avoid the misleading nature of traditional two-dimensional maps, which show only the share of votes. Those maps exaggerate the importance of the vast, red but relatively unpopulated parts of the country, and disguise the importance of the compact, blue and densely populated areas.

Look at the top two maps again and notice how flat “flyover country” is in both maps. And have a look at the cartograms at this site, which also combine the number and percentage of votes in a single map.

]]> By: zlogic http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 zlogic Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:35:50 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-3004 Actually William, billy is right. Check out this map that uses both colors in contrast to each other in the same map :) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/election/uscounties.html Flyover country has been forgotten. Actually William, billy is right. Check out this map that uses both colors in contrast to each other in the same map :)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/election/uscounties.html

Flyover country has been forgotten.

]]> By: November 2008 stats report : William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 November 2008 stats report : William M. Hartnett Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:21:40 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-2874 [...] County-level 2008 election results as 3D maps (Nov. 10, 2008) [...] [...] County-level 2008 election results as 3D maps (Nov. 10, 2008) [...]

]]> By: William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 William M. Hartnett Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:10:56 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-2830 Billy, my friend, the red map is red because it's a red map. Similarly, the blue map is blue because it's a blue map. The bottom line is that President Obama won because more <em>Americans</em> voted for him. Over 8.45 million Americans, actually, not to mention <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/exit-polls.html" rel="nofollow">45 percent of rural and small town voters</a>. And Palin 2012? Weak. Billy, my friend, the red map is red because it’s a red map. Similarly, the blue map is blue because it’s a blue map.

The bottom line is that President Obama won because more Americans voted for him. Over 8.45 million Americans, actually, not to mention 45 percent of rural and small town voters.

And Palin 2012? Weak.

]]> By: billy http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2829 billy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:28:00 +0000 http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=1732#comment-2829 this is sad. rural America has not got a chance anymore. look how red this map is. obama hardly won any counties in virginia. yet he won the state because of the yankee liberals from washington dc decided that they wanted to move a couple counties south. same in indiana, north carolina, ohio, and florida. obama can thank the minorities and the libs in these huge cities for his election. God help the rest of us through these next four years.. PALIN-2012!!!!! this is sad. rural America has not got a chance anymore. look how red this map is. obama hardly won any counties in virginia. yet he won the state because of the yankee liberals from washington dc decided that they wanted to move a couple counties south. same in indiana, north carolina, ohio, and florida. obama can thank the minorities and the libs in these huge cities for his election. God help the rest of us through these next four years.. PALIN-2012!!!!!

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