File:2016 Electoral Vote-Cartogram.png

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English: Cartogram of the 2016 Electoral Vote for US President, with each square representing one electoral vote.

The data depicted is the results of the vote by the electoral college on December 19, 2016.

The population density of the 50 states varies by three orders of magnitude (from NJ with nearly 1,200 people per square mile, to AK with roughly 1 1/4 people per sq mi). Because of that huge variation, a regular map of the US that is typically used to present electoral vote results can convey a very skewed impression of the outcome where sparsely populated states appear overrepresented and densely populated states appear underrepresented. The cartogram approach of this image eliminates that problem by presenting the area of each state in an exact one-to-one correspondence with its number of electoral votes. But this is achieved at the cost of introducing distortions to the actual shape of each state and their positioning in relation to each other.
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current12:28, 20 December 2016Thumbnail for version as of 12:28, 20 December 20162,000 × 1,700 (408 KB)ChrisnHoustonUpdated from projected votes to actual votes.
07:11, 10 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 07:11, 10 November 20162,000 × 1,700 (384 KB)ChrisnHoustonUpdated with most recent info.
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