Maps and cartograms of the 2004 US presidential election results

被引：15

作者：

Gastner, MT ^{[1
]}

Shalizi, CR

Newman, MEJ

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[2] Univ Michigan, Ctr Study Complex Syst, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

ADVANCES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS | 2005年 / 8卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

map; cartogram; election;

D O I：

10.1142/S0219525905000397

中图分类号：

O1 [数学];

学科分类号：

0701 ; 070101 ;

摘要：

Conventional maps of election results can give a misleading picture of the popular support that candidates have because population is highly non-uniform and equal areas on a map may not correspond to equal numbers of voters. Taking the example of the 2004 United States presidential election, we show how this problem can be corrected using a cartogram - a map in which the sizes of regions such as states are resealed according to population or some other variable of interest.

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页码：117 / 123

页数：7