How Many People Have Voted?
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How Many People Have Voted?
Like many of you, the Election on Tuesday is front of mind, and will be for a few days after :-/ I was…
howmanypeoplevoted.com#election turnout#early voting#2020 election#voter participation
How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks cool and useful
From 1 comment
This looks really cool! Some feedback: I don’t understand exactly what the colors are. Is it 2016 results, with darker shades being more extreme? Is it 2020 polls? Something…
senkora on HN
Objections
Colour meaning is unclear and the shading explanation seems wrong
From 2 comments
This looks really cool! Some feedback: I don’t understand exactly what the colors are. Is it 2016 results, with darker shades being more extreme? Is it 2020 polls? Something…
senkora on HN> The lighter the color, the closer to 100% of the 2016 voting numbers has already been achieved. That doesn't seem quite right. But in any case, how are numbers represented that…
webmaven on HN
Values above 2016 totals are not clearly represented
From 1 comment
> The lighter the color, the closer to 100% of the 2016 voting numbers has already been achieved. That doesn't seem quite right. But in any case, how are numbers represented that…
webmaven on HN
Requests
Alphabetical sorting of states
From 1 comment
This looks really cool! Some feedback: I don’t understand exactly what the colors are. Is it 2016 results, with darker shades being more extreme? Is it 2020 polls? Something…
senkora on HN
Add population or registration delta to turnout
From 1 comment
very cool! this i imagine would be reasonably difficult but it would be interesting to see what the delta of registered voters or population. If a state has grown by 200000…
_jahh on HN
Questions
What do the colours mean?
From 2 comments
This looks really cool! Some feedback: I don’t understand exactly what the colors are. Is it 2016 results, with darker shades being more extreme? Is it 2020 polls? Something…
senkora on HNThanks for the feedback, will add a FAQ or something to explain, but posting here too: Red/Blue is an indication who won that state in 2016. The shading (light -> dark) was…
iisbum on HN
Alternatives named
electproject.org and its GitHub infographics
From 1 comment
electproject migrated to github and I find more useful their infographics tho: https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
scastillo on HN