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English: Cartogram of the 2012 Electoral Vote for US President, with each square representing one electoral vote.

The population density of the 50 states varies by three orders of magnitude (from NJ with nearly 1,200 people per square mile, to AK with roughly 1 1/4 people per sq mi). Because of that huge variation, a regular map of the US that is typically used to present electoral vote results can convey a very skewed impression of the outcome where sparsely populated states appear overrepresented and densely populated states appear underrepresented. The cartogram approach of this image eliminates that problem by presenting the area of each state in an exact one-to-one correspondence with its number of electoral votes. But this is achieved at the cost of introducing distortions to the actual shape of each state and their positioning in relation to each other.
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current09:38, 11 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 09:38, 11 November 20121,373 × 1,094 (63 KB)AnonMoos (talk | contribs)adjust margins, increase PNG compression
19:01, 10 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 19:01, 10 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (126 KB)Parsecboy (talk | contribs)CNN now calls Florida for Obama
00:32, 10 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 00:32, 10 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (128 KB)Gwickwire (talk | contribs)Obama has not won Florida yet according to any major news network
06:23, 9 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 06:23, 9 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (126 KB)ChrisnHouston (talk | contribs)Correcting Wisconsin abbreviation, as found by Patteroast. Counting Florida as Obama victory, based on numerous news reports of vote count published by Florida Department of State's official website that Obama has 60,799 more votes ...
17:43, 7 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:43, 7 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (128 KB)ChrisnHouston (talk | contribs)Fixing error in Arkansas abbreviation, as noted by Patteroast. --~~~~
11:51, 7 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 11:51, 7 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (128 KB)ChrisnHouston (talk | contribs)New Mexico was not labeled. Fixed.
11:25, 7 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 11:25, 7 November 20121,500 × 1,200 (127 KB)ChrisnHouston (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

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