Make a box for each state, sized proportionate to its electoral votes, sort them by political leaning, and glue them end to end. A point in the middle shows the electoral vote cutoff, and the states nearest it are the ones that'd be easiest to sway one way or the other. The chart is a giant line that's like six screens across, so make it zig-zag to fit on a screen. Call it a snake chart and pretend that's clever so people don't realize how lazy that zig-zag part was.
That might be easier to understand for those already familiar with bar charts but it's uncreative.
Are you familiar with this chart of Napoleons invasion of Russia
It's not super intuitive but once you grok it, it is a brilliant representation of the campaign in a way that bar charts cannot approach.
I thought it was pretty intuitive, but I can see why it wouldn't be to some, pretty overwhelming
Yes, it's the amount of electoral vote per state, and Maine and Nebraska assign some votes by district if you're wondering what that Ne2 Me1 stuff's about, this info should be included really. Ideally graphs shouldn't have to contain too much extra text but even worse is not having the info at all, especially in the Napoleon one.
Another alternative is a map like this https://www.ocregister.com/2016/11/07/focus-why-the-electoral-college-matters-to-every-state/ where you see each vote but they're all over the place. I think I've seen one that combines the simple design and being able to see the exact order of state's leanings like the snake, while clearly showing the amount of votes with squares like the map, couldn't find it though.
That Napoleon one was really weird and more overwhelming. I think it shows the path they took towards Moscow and then the way back, while also showing how many troops are left. Yeah, i'd be starting with the left-most red part and follow the black line back right-left, since that would be the chronological order. it only seems to show the temperature on their way back, wonder why. Guess zigzag is just an approximation?
I think it's that I read a lot of weirdly presented data on r/dataisbeautiful and Im familiar with the electoral college even though I'm not american either.
No way in hell I would put down biden as wining Florida right now.
im shocked Biden is polling so well in florida but yeah, I agree. Biden's success in the polls feels very familiar.
Obama won Florida twice. It's not beyond the realm of possibility.
But the GOP has had eight years to double down on voter disenfranchisement. Florida couldn't flip during the 2018 wave year. Like, Texas closed a 10-pt gap, but Florida didn't budge.
Arizona and North Carolina seem more likely, if for no other reason than their governors aren't shameless Trump shills.
Thats my thought. If Florida was gonna go blue in 2020, 2018 would have been closer.
AZ and NC have recent histories of dems winning statewide races. I'd say both are winnable if Biden campaigns well. Doubt he will but still
Both were painfully tight in '18, and with some pretty competent, attractive, and skilled politicians on the Dem ballot facing off against a pack of entitled idiots and assholes on the GOP side.
We still have the second bit. Not sure if the state campaigns can make up for lacking the first. Biden's as entitled a prick as anyone the Dems could have fielded.
I noticed that as well. Libs trying to rehabilitate the snake emoji.
What the fuck the US-american electoral system is fucked up. Needs some reform I think.
Pretty much anywhere darker than South Carolina or Colorado I'd say your vote doesn't matter. So a few states decide it, it's not proportional, the system favours 2 big parties, lobbying/corruption, DC and US territories have no representation, those are the things I can think of. Fucking hell
