Almost any follower of the US election is familiar with the "red" election map, seemingly showing a massive victory for Bush (well, even more massive than was the case). But any thought into the matter would indicate that the central and southern "red" states have large area but much lower population density. But that still doesn't help express it nicely.
Enter cartograms, which accords geographic regions sizes based on their populations.
Here are some nice pictures and explanations of the theory.
People expecting a massive "blue" victory will be let down, but it does put things into perspective a bit more than the election maps in the news.
Noticed via Andrew Sullivan.