Visual example...
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@freemo@qoto.org
@freemo The map might be more interesting if the color intensity would be according to the size of the population. Maybe the reds will be terribly washed out compared to the blues.
@trinsec @freemo This one sort of does that. A "dot for every vote".
https://carto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8732c91ba7a14d818cd26b776250d2c3
@LouisIngenthron @trinsec @freemo One person, one vote. This map best represents the voting make up of the country.
Land don't vote!
@thegonzoism @LouisIngenthron @trinsec
We have electorial colleges in the usa, so no it isnt one person one vote. We do this to ensure the interest of all groups and cultures must be considered and grouos that respresent minorities are less likely to be abused. Makes sense to me.
@freemo @LouisIngenthron @trinsec It clearly is one person, one vote. Your map shows a sea of red which due to gerrymandering is misleading. The other map shows voting by person which shows the country is more purple. It is a better representation of the vote.
@thegonzoism @freemo @trinsec Fwiw, Freemo's map isn't misleading because of gerrymandering. It's misleading because it obscures population density and incorrectly implies a correlation between votes and land mass.
@LouisIngenthron @thegonzoism @trinsec
Its not misleading at all, its intent as ststed clearly is to show votes by land mass. Nothibg misleading about that, no one is claiming this is showing votes by population density, its showing votes by region only.
@freemo
But I bet the republicans would love to show off that map because it would make them seem superior. Or at least, so they think. 😋
I guess it's all about the narrative. And the gullibility.
@trinsec @LouisIngenthron @thegonzoism
Thry do it all the time... yes the map can and will be abused. But thats not what is being done here.
It makes one simple fact clear, if you drive to almost any random place in america, you are almost always surrounded by red voters. Only time your not is if its a city.
@freemo @trinsec @thegonzoism Define "surrounded" lol
@LouisIngenthron
If I go to a field with just one cow, I am 'surrounded' by cows.
I think it's that. 😋
