OK, glad I haven't killed @nytimes subscription yet so I can play with this interesting (but misleading) visualizationhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#5.00/37.84/-95.41 …
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I think the psychological effect would be much different if those showed up as bluish spots in (mostly lighter) pinkish fields.
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The most salient thing about these data to me: small cities and larger expose people to a broader diversity of others (origin, education, income, language, sexuality...), and exposure leads to acceptance. It's harder to fear (and hate) people you see and meet.
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yes! this is why I'm feeling good these days about working in travel
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain
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I had that quotation in SO MANY docs and decks when I was in the team.

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it's a good one!
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e.g., use saturation (or better yet, hue, so variation is continuous) to show polarization and use opacity to show voter numbers
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but, y'know, that might not align with the agenda of this visualization. which is why I call it (and stand by) misleading.
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