# U.S. election maps are wildly misleading, so this designer fixed them - Host: [fastcompany.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/fastcompany.com/) - Saved: November 12, 2020 (2020-11-13T02:25:14Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e6f9a439f24d/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e6f9a439f24d.json ## What Jamie wrote Watching the election coverage we got our every-four-year dose of those massive red and blue election maps. They always have frustrated me because they show area, not vote count. It massively overstates rural America and makes it look incredibly lopsided. This view that brings population into the visuals is much more informative. The [original post](http://try-to-impeach-this.jetpack.ai) has some additional permutations. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT165: Weekly Thing #165 / Sessions, Friluftsliv, Everlong](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/165/), Recommended Links ## Same host - [The Father Of “Getting Things Done”: You’re Getting Me All Wrong](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a291fb67aa6c/) (fastcompany.com, September 26, 2019) - [The first map of America's food supply chain is mind-boggling](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7b7146decc2c/) (fastcompany.com, November 2, 2019) - [At age 13, I joined the alt-right, aided by Reddit and Google](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fd213cbafacf/) (fastcompany.com, December 19, 2019) - [iCloud Private Relay and other Apple WWDC privacy features](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8fda03603aac/) (fastcompany.com, June 10, 2021) - [Delta variant vaccinated vs. unvaccinated seen in CDC chart](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/67a148fe865a/) (fastcompany.com, September 16, 2021) ## Saved the same week - [‘We belong out there’: How the Nordic concept of friluftsliv — outdoor life — could help the Pacific Northwest get through this COVID winter | The Seattle Times](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/59f4bfb263e0/) (seattletimes.com, November 12, 2020) - [Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet | MIT Technology Review](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/62d6b051c9f9/) (technologyreview.com, November 12, 2020) - [Karens & Cancel Culture w/Chelsea Handler - Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Ep.10 - YouTube](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/78249701f40a/) (youtube.com, November 12, 2020) - [Tekne Awards for Lifetime Achievement to be Presented to Rick King and John Santelli at November 18th Event » MnTech](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e58c9481dba9/) (mntech.org, November 12, 2020) - [iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera Review Zion — Austin Mann](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/293ca47db110/) (austinmann.com, November 12, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.fastcompany.com/90572489/u-s-election-maps-are-wildly-misleading-so-this-designer-fixed-them