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OT: Trump's "big dumb map"
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Alan Baker
May 11, 2017, 7:17:52 PM5/11/17
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'But the president’s big dumb map, framed proof that he’s most popular
where people are fewest and farthest between, still ought to be a bit
heartening to the rest of us. It shows us that Trump and his cronies
continue to be highly sensitive to any suggestion that Trump is not a
legitimate president, which gives his opponents all the more reason to
remind them.'
<http://fusion.kinja.com/trump-to-hang-map-of-his-national-popular-vote-loss-in-1795127407>
Trump's map:
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/2016nationwidecountymapshadedbyvoteshare.svg/1280px-2016nationwidecountymapshadedbyvoteshare.svg.png>
Looks impressive, but...
...adjust the size of each county to be proportional to its population:
<http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/582c8095e02ba730208b4613-1200/counties-themselves-arent-uniformly-blue-or-red-looking-at-a-color-gradient-using-varying-shades-of-purple-we-can-see-that-most-counties-had-a-tight-split-between-republican-and-democratic-voters-although-a-few-islands-of-deep-red-and-blue-still-remain.jpg>
As BusinessInsider (that well-known bastion of communism!) says:
'Counties themselves aren't uniformly blue or red. Looking at a color
gradient using varying shades of purple, we can see that most counties
had a tight split between Republican and Democratic voters, although a
few islands of deep red and blue still remain.'
where people are fewest and farthest between, still ought to be a bit
heartening to the rest of us. It shows us that Trump and his cronies
continue to be highly sensitive to any suggestion that Trump is not a
legitimate president, which gives his opponents all the more reason to
remind them.'
<http://fusion.kinja.com/trump-to-hang-map-of-his-national-popular-vote-loss-in-1795127407>
Trump's map:
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/2016nationwidecountymapshadedbyvoteshare.svg/1280px-2016nationwidecountymapshadedbyvoteshare.svg.png>
Looks impressive, but...
...adjust the size of each county to be proportional to its population:
<http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/582c8095e02ba730208b4613-1200/counties-themselves-arent-uniformly-blue-or-red-looking-at-a-color-gradient-using-varying-shades-of-purple-we-can-see-that-most-counties-had-a-tight-split-between-republican-and-democratic-voters-although-a-few-islands-of-deep-red-and-blue-still-remain.jpg>
As BusinessInsider (that well-known bastion of communism!) says:
'Counties themselves aren't uniformly blue or red. Looking at a color
gradient using varying shades of purple, we can see that most counties
had a tight split between Republican and Democratic voters, although a
few islands of deep red and blue still remain.'
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