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maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:53 AM Nov 2017

Anyone know where I can find one of those election maps

that shows the size of the counties by population instead of area?

The MSM keeps throwing up the Virginia Map, and you'd swear that with all that "red" that is was a landslide ReTrumplican victory.

I'd like to flood my local stations and some of the Cable networks with a map that shows how small the number of ReTrumplican votes was.

Graphics matter! People should have a better understanding of how "big" that VA win is.

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Anyone know where I can find one of those election maps (Original Post) maxrandb Nov 2017 OP
Here's an older one. greymattermom Nov 2017 #1
Thanks maxrandb Nov 2017 #5
This one is not specific to this election jberryhill Nov 2017 #2
Thanks! n/t maxrandb Nov 2017 #3
Looks like a malnourished lobster jberryhill Nov 2017 #4

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
5. Thanks
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 11:44 AM
Nov 2017

Just a pet peeve of mine.

Maybe the DNC can take a break from their circular firing squad and start pumping out these Population Map Graphics to the Media.

Dems need to take every advantage, and not let what appears to be small insignificant stuff like this pass. It reeks of laziness.

Sure, it may be a small thing, but images, graphics and facts are IMPORTANT. (Please Note the number of times wingnut sites and Faux News have splashed the "red map of 2016" across America's screen.

That image makes it appear as if the "red" is "superior", and then if you're a Democrat, you're forced to talk about how most of those "red" patches have more cows than people.

We should never...NEVER...pass up an opportunity to set the record straight

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. This one is not specific to this election
Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:59 AM
Nov 2017

But it is unlikely that someone has prepared an anamorphic map just for this particular election.

You can, however, make your own from this general anamorphic map for VA:

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