Lähettäjä: Tommaso Vitale Päiväys: Aihe: [movimenti.bicocca] Fwd: an interesting look at the election results
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> Da: Susan Roschke <susanr@???>
> Data: 17 novembre 2004 17:26:05 CET
> A: COMURB_R21@???
> Oggetto: an interesting look at the election results
> Rispondere-A: Susan Roschke <susanr@???>
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> Mapping The 2004 Presidential Election Results
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> Researchers at the University of Michigan prepare a fascinating set of
> maps and 'cartograms' showing the results from the 2004 presidential
> election.
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> Nov 17, 2004, 05:00 am PST
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> Contributed by Travis Cleveland
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> The often-published election results map shows the (contiguous 48)
> states of the country colored red or blue to indicate whether a
> majority of their voters voted for the Republican or the Democratic
> candidate.
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> "The map gives the superficial impression that the "red states"
> dominate the country, since they cover far more area than the blue
> ones.... We can correct for this by making use of a cartogram, a map
> in which the sizes of states have been rescaled according to their
> population."
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> Full story: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/ >
> Source: University Of Michigan, Nov 14, 2004.
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