Credit or blame Nate Silver and fivethirtyeight.com for inspiring what might be the only fun anyone will have with the election between now and November.
The site presented the public with the answer to a question no one remembers asking: what would the electoral map look like if only men voted, or if only women voted?
The United States of Women vs. The United States of Menhttps://t.co/F455bP3D8I pic.twitter.com/qjr6zLh640
— 538 politics (@538politics) October 12, 2016
Not surprisingly, the map turned almost solid blue when men were removed from the equation.
Here's what the map would look line if only women voted: https://t.co/sjVY67qouE pic.twitter.com/rrc3GuXmGl
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 11, 2016
Come to think of it, Silver is exhibiting a pretty blatant gender-binary mindset there. Fortunately, his maps set the gears moving online, compelling the public to design their own electoral maps to depict just about any scenario.
here's what the map would look like if you put it in the dishwasher even though it clearly says "not dishwasher-safe" right on it pic.twitter.com/81lOIR0CyH
— hilbert's infinite airbnb (@vogon) October 12, 2016
Here's what the map would look like if someone didn't run any electoral analysis pic.twitter.com/eul2bR9sEf
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/notsalome/status/786286788071522304
This is what the Electoral College map would look like if everyone tried to make it look like the flag: pic.twitter.com/zCKLWHNWM6
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 12, 2016
Here’s what the electoral map would look like if you inverted the colors. Powerful. pic.twitter.com/h2fkzymrBk
— JR™ (@jonrohlf) October 12, 2016
Here's what the Electoral map would look like if everyone voted for @smod2016 pic.twitter.com/hNkvLoB5Sh
— Lil’Mitch (@MitchDMS) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/gatorgoat/status/786306345104539648
Here’s what the electoral map would look like if we wanted to troll Morrissey. pic.twitter.com/rkEyrnReXs
— Mike Monteiro? (@monteiro) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/786308315798052865
How the map would look if only dogs voted. pic.twitter.com/i5nF960pxJ
— 4am …? (@angrybobtrcst) October 12, 2016
This is what the election map would look like if only bigfoots were allowed to vote. pic.twitter.com/pUZam9mHLL
— Running Trent (@RunningTrent) October 12, 2016
Here is what the Electoral Map would look like if the election was being held 300 million years ago. pic.twitter.com/mQ6et2CONa
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) October 12, 2016
Electoral map if we were all cast in a revival of The King and I. pic.twitter.com/bM3HaCeAsR
— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) October 12, 2016
This is what the electoral map would look like if only Hieronymus Bosch could vote pic.twitter.com/7vdYox2wdW
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) October 12, 2016
And here's what the electoral map would look like if it showed what everyone did after they voted. pic.twitter.com/Xf4w88A1m7
— Kristin Salaky (@KristinSalaky) October 12, 2016
Here's what the election map would look like if it were made on a lite brite. pic.twitter.com/2mFCsd9oLi
— Levi Weinhagen (@thatlevi) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/MartinBelam/status/786308711950188544
Amazing. Here's the map if @Evan_McMullin was cloned 50 times & only his clones voted, but the clone in FL got the wrong chad + IL had fraud pic.twitter.com/kaHPOIq83i
— Mile High Brendan (@MileHighBrendan) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/786315758221406208
Just saw a map someone shared of what the election would look like if only a certain group voted but now I can't find it again
— Chris Scott (@iamchrisscott) October 12, 2016
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