Experimental mapping: Here’s a cartogram of South Dakota’s legislative districts, weighted by population rather than land area. Since all the districts have roughly the same population, they’re all roughly the same size here (with the two half-districts smaller), even though in real life some districts stretch over huge swathes of the state and others are a few square miles of city.
Compare to the real map.
Want to visualize the results of Tuesday’s legislative elections in South Dakota? I whipped up an interactive map where you can toggle back and forth between House and Senate results.
View the map full-screen, or play around with the embedded version below:
In just over a month, South Dakotans will elect a new Legislature.
Which party’s candidates have the edge in each district? I’ve created an interactive map showing party registration by legislative district. Click on a district to get a pie chart of the party breakdown.
Play around with the embedded map below, or check out the full-screen version.
The Argus Leader’s Cody Winchester put together an interactive map showing the U.S. Drought Monitor’s ratings across the whole country. You can type in a city or address and it will place a point on the map at that location so you can see exactly where the drought is there. Take a look after the jump:
Lean, finely textured political blogging by Argus Leader reporter David Montgomery. Follow his regular updates on Twitter at @ArgusMontgomery. Email at dmontgomery (at) argusleader.com. Call at 605-331-2318.
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