Hi,
I've updated the page with the US election maps, now using white
instead of purple for counties that are 50/50 (thanks to Gregoire
Thomas for the code). I like this graph, it relays the information a
lot better. (Note that New England's missing counties are white as
well.) I also removed
even for people who didn't like the outcome of the US elections this
year, it must have been a joy to see all the nice (and not so nice)
graphs that were shown. As an exercise, I recreated the map shown on
the NY-Times website [
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/11/03/politics/
Nice! But what happen to Alaska Hawaii? 8-)
Andy
From: Hedderik van Rijn
even for people who didn't like the outcome of the US elections this
year, it must have been a joy to see all the nice (and not so nice)
graphs that were shown. As an exercise, I recreated the map shown on
So, ahem, it would be pretty easy to swap the colors round and claim a
Kerry victory?
;)
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even
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Hedderik van Rijn wrote:
even for people who didn't like the outcome of the US elections this
year, it must have been a joy to see all the nice (and not so nice)
graphs that were shown. As an exercise, I recreated the map shown on
the NY-Times website [