Decide what style of electoral cartogram we want to use for the general

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2024 primary/caucus election results

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Decide what style of electoral cartogram we want to use for the general #155

Closed alykat closed 5 months ago

alykat commented 6 months ago

Because of redistricting, we need to make a new electoral cartogram for 2024. Here are a couple styles we've used in the recent past. Please drop in other potentially workable cartogram forms you've seen.

alykat commented 6 months ago

Squares sized by electoral weight. Used for electoral forecasts and the general election.

(Related: This is fun.)

alykat commented 6 months ago

Post-redistricting. One square = one electoral vote.

Similar maps from Bloomberg in 2020

and NYT in 2020:

and FT in 2020:

alykat commented 6 months ago

WaPo diamonds from 2016:

alykat commented 6 months ago

538 hexagons from 2016:

alykat commented 6 months ago

Economist bubbles layered over geography in 2020 (note: this does not factor in the NE/ME district splits?)