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    NY Times is trying out an electoral map where the size of the state is determined by their electoral votes/population and not by they geographic size.

    I think this approach makes a lot sense. Alaska is enormous, but it doesn't really matter much in elections, because it doesn't have very many electoral votes. Texas is giant too, but it has many more electoral votes, so it matters more, so it's bigger.


    It also indicates that both Maine and Nebraska award their electoral votes at the congressional district level, not the state level. This comes into play if we ever have a super close election or a tie.

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    The latest polls from this morning have Trump at 47% and Clinton at 40% by the way.

    Also, Trump is currently up +3 in Ohio, I don't know where you got that map from.


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    I like this because you still get a sense of Midwest, South, Northeast, and you see the value of each state towards 270.

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    You mean kinda like 538 has been doing on its election forecast?

    Am I supposed to be impressed by the NY Times doing this? It's not some innovative thing in terms of visual representation of data.

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    I much prefer the boxes to 538's honeycombs. It's very hard to read 538's map.

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    get real, kevin you prefer the ny times map because it makes it look like hillary is still leading.

    its "very hard to read" anything that suggests trump has taken the lead

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    +3 in Ohio
    AND TRUMP HASN'T EVEN STARTED ON OHIO YET

    Landslide victory folks.

    We are on pace for the first 50 state sweep in US election history



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    Nick's troll posts will be hilarious on Nov 8

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    False bravado and hiding your head in the sand won't stop reality.

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    Have you heard of the #DNCwalkout and #DemExit?

    Maybe not, the mainstream media is refusing to cover it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nanners


    get real, kevin you prefer the ny times map because it makes it look like hillary is still leading.

    its "very hard to read" anything that suggests trump has taken the lead
    He talks like a retard in his OP.

    "Alaska is enormous but doesn't matter much because it doesn't have many electoral votes."

    No f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]cking shit. Everyone on ISH knows this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nanners


    get real, kevin you prefer the ny times map because it makes it look like hillary is still leading.

    its "very hard to read" anything that suggests trump has taken the lead
    It's hillarious how bad he is at trying to hide his shilling. Dude tries so hard to craft his posts objectively but everyone can see the agenda he is pushing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FillJackson


    NY Times is trying out an electoral map where the size of the state is determined by their electoral votes/population and not by they geographic size.

    I think this approach makes a lot sense. Alaska is enormous, but it doesn't really matter much in elections, because it doesn't have very many electoral votes. Texas is giant too, but it has many more electoral votes, so it matters more, so it's bigger.


    It also indicates that both Maine and Nebraska award their electoral votes at the congressional district level, not the state level. This comes into play if we ever have a super close election or a tie.
    We already know this.

    The NYTimes is dumbing down the electoral map for guys like you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nanners


    get real, kevin you prefer the ny times map because it makes it look like hillary is still leading.

    its "very hard to read" anything that suggests trump has taken the lead
    If you find this very hard to read, you may want to see a physician or mental health specialist.

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