NYT abandons geography for this season's choose-your-own-adventure electoral college picker. Not sure how I feel about it.

Really disgusting.

"Because the electoral college is terrible."

I had a nice talk with Dana Bauer, and she wrote some of it up in a post about my work (mostly the electoral reform map).

Detailed political breakdown of my Electoral Reform map. More than a little wrong, but impressive none the less.

Argument that the NJ-PA state line saved the Jersey Pine Barrens aquifer from exploitation by Philadelphia. Mentions 'electoral college reform' map.

Shiny exit poll visualization goodness

Nate Silver's hour-by-hour breakdown

good comparison of electoral history and current endorsements, if slightly clumsy with map/color/gradient choices.

state-by-time-zone map. color ramp for times.

State-by-state poll closing times. VA, IN and FL close at 7PM, so there will be strong indications early-on.

it's simple: "a candidate needs to win a 'quota' of votes. The quota is determined by dividing the total number of valid ballots cast by the number of positions to be elected plus one and then adding one to the resulting dividend."

House maps based on smallest distance to center. Videos of algorithm reforming current boundaries.

Very much improved in the last 2 years, although not perfect.

"the states join together to pass identical state laws awarding all of their electoral votes to the candidate winning the popular vote. The state legislation would come into effect when it has been enacted by states possessing a majority of electoral vote

redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size

a real favorite. "There'll be blood on the sand before they cut chunks out of Texas to make some fanciful redistricting plan. And a lot of the blood won't be Texican."