If you’re going to use an indicator like circle size, make it consistent. On the map the circle size is margin of victory, but on the line graph the circle size is population. This is confusing because you’d intuitively think the circles correspond to each other
Maybe the line graph could have vertical bars or something instead of circles. or on the map the colors are margin of victory and the size is population. Just some suggestions
edit: my suggestions i think are still accurate but i realized if the circles on the map are quantity of votes over the margin, thats not nearly as useful of a datapoint as percentage.
I don't understand this. The bottom line seems to imply that Trump did win certain counties by a large margin, even though they have small populations. Shouldn't the map have big red circles representing those counties? The circles on the map are not suppose to be representative of population, right? Just margin of victory? Did he really win all those Midwest counties by the same similar tiny margin? Where are all those small red dots on far left of the line plot represented on the map?
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Terminarch on October 3rd, 2019 at 15:19 UTC »
That bottom bar really should not have been overlapping circles. How is that even organized? Adding a votes Σ scale would also do well down there.
elislider on October 3rd, 2019 at 16:00 UTC »
If you’re going to use an indicator like circle size, make it consistent. On the map the circle size is margin of victory, but on the line graph the circle size is population. This is confusing because you’d intuitively think the circles correspond to each other
Maybe the line graph could have vertical bars or something instead of circles. or on the map the colors are margin of victory and the size is population. Just some suggestions
edit: my suggestions i think are still accurate but i realized if the circles on the map are quantity of votes over the margin, thats not nearly as useful of a datapoint as percentage.
jamintime on October 3rd, 2019 at 16:03 UTC »
I don't understand this. The bottom line seems to imply that Trump did win certain counties by a large margin, even though they have small populations. Shouldn't the map have big red circles representing those counties? The circles on the map are not suppose to be representative of population, right? Just margin of victory? Did he really win all those Midwest counties by the same similar tiny margin? Where are all those small red dots on far left of the line plot represented on the map?