The 2016 Presidential Election Cartogram Based on Electors

Nov 15, 2017
Cartogram map of 2016 presidential election

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the 2016 presidential election with states resized according to the number of electors they have.  The more electors a state has, the larger it is on the map.  Compared to traditional maps, this map shows the electoral vote in a more accurate way painting the entirety of the United States with the appropriate amount of each color.

Findings

  • The Northeast is considerably larger on this map as so many electors are distributed among these states.
  • States west of the Mississippi River (with few exceptions) have very few electors and are squeezed together at the far western edge of the country.

Caveats

  • The borders represent the area of the state if it were based on electors.  The location of the states on the map is irrelevant.

Details

The significance of carrying California, Texas, Florida, and New York really comes through in a map like this.

Even states with few electors can prove to be critical if they are close to each other and have similar characteristics.

Data

StateClinton VotesPercent ClintonClinton ElectorsTrump VotesPercent TrumpTrump Electors
Alabama729,54734.3601,318,25562.089
Alaska116,45436.550163,38751.283
Arizona1,161,16745.1301,252,40148.6711
Arkansas380,49433.650684,87260.576
California8,753,78861.73554,483,81031.620
Colorado1,338,87048.1691,202,48443.250
Connecticut897,57254.577673,21540.930
Delaware235,60353.093185,12741.720
District of Columbia282,83090.48312,7234.070
Florida4,504,97547.8204,617,88649.0229
Georgia1,877,96345.6402,089,10450.7716
Hawaii266,89162.223128,84730.030
Idaho189,76527.490409,05559.264
Illinois3,090,72955.83202,146,01538.760
Indiana1,033,12637.9101,557,28656.8211
Iowa653,66941.740800,98351.156
Kansas427,00536.050671,01856.656
Kentucky628,85432.6801,202,97162.528
Louisiana780,15438.4501,178,63858.098
Maine357,73547.834335,59344.870
Maryland1,677,92860.3310943,16933.910
Massachusetts1,995,19660.01111,090,89332.810
Michigan2,268,83947.2702,279,54347.5016
Minnesota1,367,71646.44101,322,95144.920
Mississippi485,13140.110700,71457.946
Missouri1,071,06838.1401,594,51156.7710
Montana177,70935.750279,24056.173
Nebraska284,49433.700495,96158.755
Nevada539,26047.926512,05845.500
New Hampshire348,52646.984345,79046.610
New Jersey2,148,27854.99141,601,93341.000
New Mexico385,23448.265319,66740.040
New York4,556,12459.01292,819,53436.520
North Carolina2,189,31646.1702,362,63149.8315
North Dakota93,75827.230216,79462.963
Ohio2,394,16443.5602,841,00551.6918
Oklahoma420,37528.930949,13665.327
Oregon1,002,10650.077782,40339.090
Pennsylvania2,926,44147.4602,970,73348.1820
Rhode Island252,52554.414180,54338.900
South Carolina855,37340.6701,155,38954.949
South Dakota117,45831.740227,72161.533
Tennessee870,69534.7201,522,92560.7211
Texas3,877,86843.2404,685,04752.2336
Utah310,67627.460515,23145.546
Vermont178,57356.68395,36930.270
Virginia1,981,47349.73131,769,44344.410
Washington1,742,71852.5481,221,74736.830
West Virginia188,79426.430489,37168.505
Wisconsin1,382,53646.4501,405,28447.2210
Wyoming55,97321.630174,41967.403

Sources

The Green Papers.  2017.  "2016 Presidential Election by State."  Accessed November 14, 2017.  http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G16/President-Details.phtml.

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