48 Hours of Maps

Over the years, I’ve studied and built many different interactive data visualizations but the map, well the map is always everyone’s favorite.

Check out Maps! Election Day were I capture the most interesting maps throughout Election Day 2016!

An hour by hour map countdown of the last 48 hours of the election.


Final hour before election day ▪️ 12:00am, nov 7


THE UK HAS A MAP!


PINK!

PATRIOTIC

2nd ▪️ 10:00pm, nov 7

CUTE

AND THE GRAND PRIZE GOES TO…

THE EAST COAST IS IN TROUBLE :)

???

3rd hour ▪️ 9:01pm, nov 7

MR NEGATIVE PANTS

HARAMBE

BORDERLINE

2008

RED
PURPLE

PERFECT

AWESOME!


C 274 T 170

4th hour ▪️ 8:02pm, nov 7

PEOPLE STILL SMOKE!?

VOTED BEST MAP EVER
WORRIED MUCH


PANTS

THIS SHOULD JUST BE LEGAL. BE PROUD TO VOTE!

NICE

TRUMP SUPPORTS HANG’N IN THERE

“WELL THAT’S YOUR OPINION MAN”

1912

FROM THIS MORNING BUT KEEPS BEING SHARED

5th hour ▪️ 7:20pm, nov 7

NOW WE ARE TALKING

FANCY BEZELS AND SWOOSHES

C-SPAN HAS ENTERED THE ROOM

ARG!

LOVE THE OCEAN

LOVE THIS COLOR PALETTE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

PIE CHARTS!!

6th hour ▪️ 6:11pm, nov 7

70% CHANCE FOR HILLARY
2012

REBEL SCUM

“CLOSE YOUR EYES, IT’S ELECTION EVE”

7th hour ▪️ 5:05pm, nov 7

SAME STATE

I LIKE YOUR STYLE

WEED VOTES

1980

NEW MAP SHOWS REALTIME BLOOD VIENS OF AMERICA

WTF?

8th hour ▪️ 4:18pm, nov 7

MAPS! ALL THE MAPS! YES!
WIN! WIN! WIN!

BEST MAP OF THE NIGHT. WELL DONE NBC, WELL DONE.
100 YEARS OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MAPPED!

AMAZING COLORS
SCREAM

9th hour ▪️ 3:00pm, nov 7

IT’S JUST MATH FOLKS

OOPS.

I LOVE MAP CAKE!

SO CLEAN AND MODERN. PAPER FTW!

A-MAZING

THE BALANCE OF THE FORCE

10th hour ▪️ 1:59pm, nov 7

Oooh, CALCULATOR VIZ!

YIKES!

YES!

11th hour ▪️ 1:19pm, nov 7

DATA VIZ! NOW WE ARE TALKING!

GOOD TO KNOW

JEB’S BACK IN THE GAME!

FORCAST FOR TUESDAY: CHANCE OF FLURRIES
PEOPLE HAVE GONE BATSHIT CRAZY

HOW MANY VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST BY STATE

SUPER BIASED SEXIST MAP

12th hour ▪️ 12:01pm, nov 7

“AMERICANS WILL SEE A LOT OF MAPS ON ELECTION NIGHT”
OK

SAME DAY REGISTRATION VOTING MAP

YES!

AWESOME
SURPRESSED VOTING

13th hour ▪️ 11:34am, nov 7

SEEING A SHIFT

I WOULD OF THOUGHT THE OPPOSITE
OH GOD, NOT THIS MAP AGIAN! COME ON FOX NEWS!!

TERRITORIES

14th hour ▪️ 10:30am, nov 7

EVERYTHING IS MOVING

15th hour ▪️ 9:32am, nov 7

AWESOME

CHANGE IN THE TIDES

16th hour ▪ 8:48am, nov 7

18th hour ▪️ 6:09am, nov 7

ARE ONLY DEMS EDUCATED?
NBC WITH CLINTON IN THE LEAD

22nd hour ▪️ 2:05am, nov 7

THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN

25th hour ▪️ 11:00pm, nov 6

MORE INTERACTIVE STUFF WITH LOTS OF DEEP BLUE GRAPHICS

#TRUMP 292 ▪️ #HILLARY 202

DDOS ATTACKS BEGIN ACROSS U.S.
TWITTER GOES DOWN ACROSS U.S.
TWITTER GOES DOWN ACROSS THE WORLD

26th hour ▪️ 10:00pm, nov 6

DON’T FORGET THE GREEN PARTY! A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECTION HAPPENING HERE

BOXING FOR VOTES

HE HAS A MAP

HWY 270

27th hour ▪️ 8:52pm, nov 6

LIBTARD? AWESOME.

“HACKERS UNITE!”

MORE HISTORY. THIS TIME CLEAR BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR! VERY COOL!

28th hour ▪️ 8:00pm, nov 6

IS THAT A PENCIL OR IS THIS A RAP VIDEO?

ANOTHER WHITE OUT, WIPE OUT, BLUE OUT?

“LET’S BRING OUT THE TOUCH SCREEN AND RUB OUR DIRTY FINGERS ON IT.”

29th hour ▪️ 7:09pm, nov 6

DRUNK’N HISTORY?

30th hour ▪️ 6:00pm, nov 6

ECONOMIST PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO THE HOUSE. PRIORITIES.

SCORECARD!? SCORECARD!? FOX NEWS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

WRONG MAP AND TOPIC BUT OKLAHOMA JUST HAD A LARGE EARTHQUAKE

ST. LOUIS FELT IT!

PEOPLE START FREAKING OUT THEN REALIZE THEY ARE SEEING OLD MAPS. DAMN YOU MAPS!

31st hour ▪️ 4:56pm, nov 6

DARK WORD CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO FORM

EXACTLY

AWESOME

33 rd hour ▪️ 3:38pm, nov 6

CLINTON HAS A SOLID LEAD

TOADY?

SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE SENSIBLE AGENDAS

34th hour ▪️ 2:54pm, nov 6

IF VOTING IS HAPPENING LIKE THIS COLOR PALETTE

JUST DIRTY WATER

TRUMP HAS A SOLID LEAD

36th hour ▪️ 12:09pm, nov 6

TOTAL SHUT OUT

38th hour ▪️ 8:43am, nov 6

NEON BLUE MILLENNIALS

39 th hour ▪️ 8:43am, nov 6

SORRY, WRONG MAP.

STATES THAT COLLECTED VOTES ONLINE IN PEACH?

D3 JS FTW! I KNOW A GUY

43 rd hour ▪️ 4:48am, nov 6

CAN YOU DRINK PEE? CAN YOU DRINK YOUR OWN PEE?

46th hour ▪️ 1:46am, nov 6

BRIGHT LIGHT! BRIGHT LIGHT!

48hours Starts Now! → November 6th


If you haven’t voted, go vote

2016 POLL CLOSING TIMES

Where did the Electoral College map come from?

DATA VISUALIZATION
1880 POPULAR VOTE BY COUNTY. FROM SCRIBNER’S STATISTICAL ATLAS, 1883.
FIRST ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP IN 1976
OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS
ELECTORAL COLLEGE INTERACTIVE MAP