Now with mouse-over goodness

[ciphergoth]

the latest version of my chart, now with mouseovers:

http://hacks.ciphergoth.org/test-scenario/margin-bargraph/

Remember, this is an imaginary scenario half-way through election night. Here's the graph for the current polling situation, as per electoral-vote.com.

Comments

[mooism.livejournal.com]

I don't like this as much as the previous versions. It's not as immediately obvious from this graph that Obama is winning; I have to stop and think for a second.

I don't think I like the mouseoveriness. I'm not sure whether I don't like having anything pop up (not helped by some of the labels jumping up a pixel or two), or whether it's just that the numbers seem to me to be counting the wrong thing; I expect the numbers to be a running total of EVs, not the distance from the finish line.

I find myself questioning whether a swingometer style is the best way to go, and whether it might be better to show it as a horse race, with each candidate battling to go from left to right in their respective lanes.