Electoral college

[ciphergoth]

After watching far, far too much West Wing (ie all of it - finally reached the end which is both bad and good) I created this image to visualize the results of the 2004 election. I want something like this updated live for 2008, with states not yet called ranked based on predictions.



You'll need to view it full size to properly see what's going on.

(updated image with new algorithm for placing labels)

Comments

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

~impressed~
Nothing like turning such a purposefully complex thing into a user-friendly diagram. Subversion with a smile :)

With anythig like the know-how I'd be tempted to animate it, and instead of bars of colour there would be little parades of elephanst and donkeys lining up and piling up. Oh what larks they'd have!
Although such would rather infringe the purity of it's purpose. Although we can hope that some day electoral systems will actually be taught in schools. THEN there can be enimated elephants and donkeys AND purity of purpose.