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The color chosen for the map makes it seem like it's saying something about the party that's winning in each state, when it seems to be just an indicator of the
by beaner 6y ago
The color chosen for the map makes it seem like it's saying something about the party that's winning in each state, when it seems to be just an indicator of the number of votes received. Maybe it should be green or something instead.
- cardamomo 6y agoI agree. I would also like it to show which states are not reporting yet on a different color from those reporting 0.
- korneliov444 6y agoThe issue can be reported here: https://github.com/ElectProject/Early-Vote-2020G https://github.com/ElectProject/Early-Vote-2020G
- frazbin 6y agoMight be a UX mistake to show the states as blue.. that's what I thought first-- but look at the tallies below: Party Count Percent Democrats 84,833 55.1 Republicans 24,210 15.7 So the earliest mail in voters are heavily skewed Democratic. Numbers like that make me want to say that Republicans are afraid of voting by mail this election, but it's way to early to say.. maybe it's just Democratic fear of the USPS slowing up ballots.
- pc86 6y agoDemocrats outnumber Republicans by about 7 points in the US overall, based on registration. Democrats are also much more likely to utilize mail-in and early voting than Republicans. Anecdotally, I know a lot of Republicans who believe COVID is a scam, won't wear a mask, etc., and so plan to vote in person as usual. These three things together, it's not at all surprising to me to see 4:1 and 5:1 ratios in mail-in ballot requests so far.
- beaner 6y agoYes, it is true that the earliest mail in voters are skewed democratic. But that is not the point that I'm making. The scale beneath the map implies that the color concentration is not based on party voting ratios, but on absolute count of all votes.