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ArcticStones's avatar

Another pet peeve: I do wish the news media would consistently use election maps where state sizes are adjusted according to population. Otherwise audiences easily get the bizarre idea that the USA is a Red country – or at least 80% Republican.

The Downballot gets this right! A very telling map at the top of their Tweet feed:

https://nitter.poast.org/downballotnews

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bpfish's avatar

I watched CBS News this year, and they tilted their maps at an angle and used 3D models with vertical bars representing the population of counties. You'd see tall blue spikes surrounded by red.

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