November 2008

This map breaks down, vote results in the 2008 election, scaling each county by ballots cast, then colored using red, blue, and shades of purple in between to indicate percentages of votes for the Republican and Democrat candidates. Click the image for more detailed explanations of the philosophy behind these images. [via synapsecollapse]

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mediation: cnn’s hologram debut. pants status: you can’t be serious Agreed about the hologram – You . Can’t. Be. Serious.  However, I was actually more distracted by all the token flat screen TVs in the background showing the animated American flags. And the REdWhiteAndBlue wallpaper. And the table in the background with the glowing blue

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Color-Your-Own Electoral College Map Love it. Nice and simple! From the site: I mashed this together from a free map found at http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html, and the number of electoral votes for each state. You can watch the presidential election returns and keep track as they come in, or you can start coloring ahead of time as

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