That seems like a bad example to me. Its really difficult to tell the ratio of the mixed places, or any kind of colour in the thinly populated areas. 2020 looks noticably redder than 2000. I think it would be better to start with the graduated colour map and add the density somehow - maybe vary saturation?
I like dot maps and I think this is a pretty good example of their power. The lack of color in the thinly populated areas is a feature and not a bug. It shows how little vast parts of the country matter to the outcome.
The 2020 map has more red across the Midwest, but less on the west coast.
I think the best result would probably come from scaling the dot total by total vote. So if 1=1000 is the best representation of 2020 (producing 15,000 dots across the map), then using 1=665 for 2000 (which would also result in 15,000 dots) would keep the relative densities uniform and avoid the issue Peter points out about the cities blocking up.
That seems like a bad example to me. Its really difficult to tell the ratio of the mixed places, or any kind of colour in the thinly populated areas. 2020 looks noticably redder than 2000. I think it would be better to start with the graduated colour map and add the density somehow - maybe vary saturation?
I like dot maps and I think this is a pretty good example of their power. The lack of color in the thinly populated areas is a feature and not a bug. It shows how little vast parts of the country matter to the outcome.
The 2020 map has more red across the Midwest, but less on the west coast.
I think the best result would probably come from scaling the dot total by total vote. So if 1=1000 is the best representation of 2020 (producing 15,000 dots across the map), then using 1=665 for 2000 (which would also result in 15,000 dots) would keep the relative densities uniform and avoid the issue Peter points out about the cities blocking up.
Why don’t you try it and ping me! I would love to see it.
How? I have experience only with the statistics kind of graphs.
Chatty is super helpful with this sorta stuff tbh!
Couldn’t share pics in a comment under a post, so I had to restack with my thoughts
I wonder if maybe the graduated color map with counties’ opacities representing population would be good.
That sounds potentially very cool! You should do it with chatty it would probably be pretty straightforward
Nice! So glad you produced these, Peter. 👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah they are a ton of fun!