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That reminds me of how maps can distort information about populations because one side tends to live in smaller high-density urban centers while the other has a
by philipov 8y ago
That reminds me of how maps can distort information about populations because one side tends to live in smaller high-density urban centers while the other has a much lower density over a larger land area.
- geofft 8y agohttp://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2016/ is a pretty good example of that. A version of the fourth map on that page ("Here is a map of US counties...") is hanging somewhere in the West Wing; one of the ones at the bottom is perhaps more accurate.
- leeoniya 8y agohttps://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/
- Spooky23 8y agoThe US Senate makes those maps meaningful. For every other aspect of government, it’s one man one vote. For the Senate, Wyoming has the same representation as New York, even though the population is less than the Rochester metro area.