Editing 2927: Alphabetical Cartogram
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With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population). | With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population). | ||
− | The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states | + | The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states. |
Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of [[2789: Making Plans]]. | Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of [[2789: Making Plans]]. |