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Compared to constantly seeing the "winner takes all" election result maps, I think this type of map is a good reminder that a strong diversity of opinion exists in most states.

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 149 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I really like the maps that also indicate population, like this dot density map:

https://media.wired.com/photos/5b59eab77756071a9b78f1ee/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Dasymetric-Dot-Density-w.jpg

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right, because land doesn't vote; citizens do.

[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago

Let me introduce you to the US Senate.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 53 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

This is literally the best thing that could happen to our democracy, in my opinion. Unfortunately it requires the 2 major parties to agree to give up some of their influence, so...

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 24 points 10 months ago

I like this, a lot of red states proudly dote that they're all red, but that's just not the case. Blues are usually more urban, and in smaller areas so it looks more red, but really most states are pretty purple.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Washington isn't purple. Washington is two States split in half by the Cascade mountains. It's all blue on the West side, and all red on the East side.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

I mean, it's all blueberries in tomato soup, if you go granular enough.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As someone on the east side, it hurts. I know Washington state was the only state to go more blue this election, but I'm sure the part that wants to become Super Idaho did their best (worst?) to change that.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

At least people are still pretty friendly over there, and really down to earth. I spent some time in Eastern Washington this spring and had a really good time. I was in a small town and it seemed like a long lost piece of Americana.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Ah you mean White Insurrectionist Matt Shea who wanted to take the racist parts of East Washington and the racist parts of Idaho (which is most of the state) and form a new State?

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

this is a terrible infographic

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah... The shades of reds/blues blend together making it extremely difficult to tell the degrees of mixture...

[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 months ago

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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I thought Texas was extremely red what?!?!

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Texas is gerrymandered to hell which means their reps and state legislature are very Republican. But it's purple enough people recently frequently hope they can flip a Senate seat there.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Texas is big and tends to go red in the winner-takes-all system, but it also has more blue voters than some states have voters total.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

This makes it look like the US was beaten with a baseball bat and thrown from a moving car ... which makes sense because Americans have been beating themselves silly for years.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This would be greatly improved by using a third color as the direct center, IMO - E.g. Blue->Yellow->Red.

Right now, it's basically impossible to differentiate anyone in the middle 50% or so.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

You could adjust the alpha to population density.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 10 months ago

So what you are saying is the whole country is shades of lavender?