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Maps And Cartograms Of The 2004 Us Presidential Election Results

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  • M. T. GASTNER

    (Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA)

  • C. R. SHALIZI

    (Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA)

  • M. E. J. NEWMAN

    (Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;
    Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA)

Abstract

Conventional maps of election results can give a misleading picture of the popular support that candidates have because population is highly non-uniform and equal areas on a map may not correspond to equal numbers of voters. Taking the example of the 2004 United States presidential election, we show how this problem can be corrected using a cartogram — a map in which the sizes of regions such as states are rescaled according to population or some other variable of interest.

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  • M. T. Gastner & C. R. Shalizi & M. E. J. Newman, 2005. "Maps And Cartograms Of The 2004 Us Presidential Election Results," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(01), pages 117-123.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:08:y:2005:i:01:n:s0219525905000397
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525905000397
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