Thande
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That is probably part of it, and there is certainly a difference in whether one sees an urban/rural divide (and what sort) depending on whether a city is attracting affluent people with jobs or not.
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So I started last night to draw the contours of the Italian Camera multi-member and single-member constituencies, but it's so sad to know I have to fill them with the colours of the morons from Lega and M5S that it's almost not worth it.
As an aside, based on this wonderful graphics that the Italian Parliament released, you can see how the Camera single-member constituencies were drawn, and then combined to make the multi-member ones. And also how the Camera's constituencies were also combined to make the Senate single- and multi-member constituencies.
As an aside, based on this wonderful graphics that the Italian Parliament released, you can see how the Camera single-member constituencies were drawn, and then combined to make the multi-member ones. And also how the Camera's constituencies were also combined to make the Senate single- and multi-member constituencies.
Yeah, I remember reading an article in FT (found it!) about the concentration of globalisation losers in certain cities, leading to an increase in what doctors call SLS (Shit Life Syndrome) in those area, which ofc were very much in favour of Brexit. I think they mentioned Blackpool as one such example.
Thande
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Indeed, I wouldn't say Blackpool was the most obvious example, but there is that sense of a spiral of decline. Sheffield is peculiar because its stark social class and income divide means the east is like that, whereas the west is very affluent, and the two are living side by side.
Not the Chamber's uninominal districts but still interesting: how Italians abroad voted. That is, for as far as it's been counted.
Again, the three main colours are self-explanatory, but in some countries Italians voted differently:
Again, the three main colours are self-explanatory, but in some countries Italians voted differently:
- In the Dominican Republic, Argentina and Uruguay, Italians voted for the Associative Movement Italians Abroad
- In Venezuela, Paraguay and Chile, they voted for the Tricolour Union Latin America
- And, my favourite, in Myanmar Italians voted for More Europe
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Do you know how voting is conducted abroad? Do Italians have to go to polling stations in embassies/consulates, or is it postal?
He contacted me over Facebook I think two or three days ago to ask me if I was doing this year's results - I said yes, so I suppose he's not.
No. I'll probably have to eventually, considering that one Chilean on Twitter was more or less begging us to and I already have the basemap.
According to the Italian Wikipedia, it's postal for parliamentary elections.
Also, I updated the map. Now with extra Russia:
I mean, considering there's probably about three votes there, that's not saying much.
A map of the Alabama State Senate districts from 1901 to 1967, when the US Supreme Court told them to please get new districts, it's been over half a century, you were supposed to redistrict over fifty years ago but haven't managed it once.
These are the State Senate districts used in the election of 1966 (and probably 1970, but I can't find any returns for that election).
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Nice work! I'd say the lines are fine as is, though they could be better if they were a bit thicker. And the colors for Fratelli d'Italia and Lega Nord are too close IMHO, I'd suggest lightening one or both of them.
Since my screen is a bit bad sometimes - is it clear to where the lines point at? And also which list MPs are Fratelli d'Italia? I fear that the blue shade is too dark to be easily distinguished from the Lega's dark green.
Couple comments. On borders, the grey-scale is your friend. This is something that you as a mapper need to decide about. This decision should probably be done at the end, so you can see how the map looks. Every map and it's color scheme has an ideal border hue - white, black, or somewhere in between, and it's your job to find it. Right now, the divider between some of the Lower Chamber seats is hard to see, particularly in piedmont, and I image it gets worse with size.
MPs are good, it will also get easier to distinguish them once you get a key in place. Though the right probably won't mong being raised a few saturation points, once again, they all blend towards black from a distance right now.
Also, you are setting yourself up to fail with a line and designation for each higher level juristiction. Italy has so many of these that it would just get confusing. My suggestion is to have header designations for state regions, with lines, and then subdesignations for each of the sub-regions, perhaps with a key to help the viewer know which is which.
