Barry Klinger
Jul 29, 2017 · 1 min read

Joshua, you may be interested in another approach to this problem. I’ve made a representation of recent presidential elections in which both the percentage margin between candidates and the total amount of votes are shown for each state. http://mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Nations/elecmargin.html

It is an example of a size/density plot which is good at showing related quantities like per capita GDP, population, and total GDP; or land area, population density, and total population. It can be applied to states, countries or other units. More examples and description at http://mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/nationshome.html