There are a number of infographics on this webpage from fivethirtyeight.com, and they all work together to give a picture of the political landscape at this time. I’ll restrict my comments to the map at the top. I chose it because I’m a political junkie and this is an updated projection. The infographic uses comparison between candidates in terms of likely electoral votes. Color gradations are used to show likelihood of winning for the candidate currently favored in that particular state. Tufte’s principle of comparisons is exemplified here. This map shows a series of comparisons between the candidates, making clear that one is being compared to the other in terms of her or his likelihood to win each state. Likelihoods are presented in percentages for each candidate for each state, found by hovering over that particular state. Of course, a projected grand total of electoral votes and chance of winning is also given, clearly conveyed at the top.
I just learned something from reading Katie’s post, which was made while I was composing mine – looking at multiple inforgraphics on the page as example of Tufte’s principle of integration. That makes sense. Thanks, Katie!