Sunday, December 5, 2010

Cartograms

Cartogram Map: Allotment of Electoral Votes

This cartogram creates the illusion of equalling the size of the states to the amount of electoral votes it is allowed.  Notice that, even though Florida is much smaller than Texas in reality, in a cartogram it is almost identical in size.  This illusion is as a result of population density in the states shown, as the electoral college relates to the population of the state and not the land mass.

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