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Swing states– text

Bush Approval by the Media

The image above presents data regarding the Bush approval rating throughout 2008 by three major media outlets. At first I thought about having the “Approve” stay separate from the “Disapprove”, but in working in FormZ and Illustrator, I found that intersecting the two was more spatial, especially when I aggressively intersected the two polls. Below is the actual FormZ model and the FormZ model with Illustrator:

3D Mapping

The graphic maps a comparison between a poll done by SurveyUSA for the state of Ohio and the overall national trend for the 2008 Presidential election, from January to November 2008, as compiled by Pollster.com.   I chose to create the graph of the poll statistics for Ohio using by cubes, as they can be stacked and displaced to represent a margin of error that comes with pre-election polls.  Furthermore, they are also the “building blocks” that make up the national polls, which is why I chose to represent them as larger and generally more consistent, sweeping elements that weave through the Ohio poll.  The grey rectangles a 10% range in which most of the information falls (between 40 and 50%).

Not to be cynical, but this election might come down to money…

Starting with a map of the lower 48 states, I extruded each state based on total financial contributions to the 2008 presidential election.  Interwoven with this information is a warped plane that reflects the total electoral college votes for each state.  The intent of this juxtaposition is to produce a map that reflects both the relative wealth of states and the relative interest of states in the current election through the medium of the two biggest contributions a state can make to a national election, namely money and votes.

Map of Polls in Swing States

This map displays the changing polls within the swing states for the democratic and republican candidates for the 2008 election. The map begins in January and runs through November demonstrated on the x axis. The y axis graphs the polled percentage within the state. The z-axis displays how many electoral votes that state has and the location of the state. Florida, the widest, is the south most state with 27 electoral votes while Montana and North Dakota are the thinest and north most states, only having 3 electoral votes each. The wire frame nodes demonstrate when each candidate had an event in that state. The dotted vs solid line wire frame demonstrates the outcome of the 2004 election. Additionally the once solid ribbon becomes wire frame to demonstrate the known vs. what can be estimated.

creation of Space

Project A Final: Creating an Overarching Space Through the Act of Behaviors