I’ve been having some fun with the membership data that I have access too at the moment. If you’re wondering, that’s basically the information that Vaughn Palmer posted, no super-secret inside campaign data from me. But I was wondering how to visualize this data, beyond colour coding the riding maps. This isn’t going to give you a accurate representation, obviously. Thus, I have created some cartograms.
There is some colour coding here. It is as follows:
- Dark Blue: The North (8 Ridings)
- Red: The Island (15 Ridings)
- Orange: The Interior (16 Ridings)
- Purple: South Fraser (20 Ridings)
- Green: The Vancouvers (15 Ridings)
- Light Blue: North Fraser (11 Ridings)
Most of these are fairly self explanatory, though some of you will note that only 14 ridings are covered by Vancouver Island. I’ve lumped Powell River-Sunshine Coast in with the Island because it is contiguous and has more in common, representation, demographics and voting patterns wise than it does with the Vancovuers.
The first cartogram isn’t actually a cartogram. It’s just the map. So here it is – your baseline.
This second one is the old membership system, where every member would get one vote, no matter where they live, and each of these members represent an equivalent amount of area on the map. Keep in mind that this was at the beginning of the race, but I do want to point out how inflated the Interior is. I would expect that the current membership numbers would see a significant bulge in the Lower Mainland.
This is the current system. Each of the ridings is equal in area (roughly, based on the restrictions of math). I would like to, once this is over with, get the riding member levels and do both the previous cartogram again, as well as an inverse cartogram to determine which ridings have the most valuable votes. I know I’m one of those valuable voters – I live in Vancouver Mount Pleasant, home of Jenny Kwan (When I told the party staffer at the office my address, I had to correct him twice saying that I was from EAST 13th, not west – I guess they had a hard time believing many East Vancouverites would join the party.)
This last one is more practical. I did my best to make a BC Shape.
I’ve been having some fun with the membership data that I have access too at the moment. If you’re wondering, that’s basically the information that Vaughn Palmer posted, no super-secret inside campaign data from me. But I was wondering how to visualize this data, beyond colour coding the riding maps. This isn’t going to give you a accurate representation, obviously. Thus, I have created some cartograms.
There is some colour coding here. It is as follows:
Dark Blue: The North (8 Ridings)
Red: The Island (15 Ridings)
Orange: The Interior (16 Ridings)
Purple: South Fraser (20 Ridings)
Green: The Vancouvers (15 Ridings)
Light Blue: North Fraser (11 Ridings)
Most of these are fairly self explanatory, though some of you will note that only 14 ridings are covered by Vancouver Island. I’ve lumped Powell River-Sunshine Coast in with the Island because it is contiguous and has more in common, representation, demographics and voting patterns wise than it does with the Vancovuers.
The first cartogram isn’t actually a cartogram. It’s just the map. So here it is – your baseline.
This second one is the old membership system, where every member would get one vote, no matter where they live, and each of these members represent an equivalent amount of area on the map. Keep in mind that this was at the beginning of the race, but I do want to point out how inflated the Interior is. I would expect that the current membership numbers would see a significant bulge in the Lower Mainland.
This is the current system. Each of the ridings is equal in area (roughly, based on the restrictions of math). I would like to, once this is over with, get the riding member levels and do both the previous cartogram again, as well as an inverse cartogram to determine which ridings have the most valuable votes. I know I’m one of those valuable voters – I live in Vancouver Mount Pleasant, home of Jenny Kwan (When I told the party staffer at the office my address, I had to correct him twice saying that I was from EAST 13th, not west – I guess they had a hard time believing many East Vancouverites would join the party.)
This last one is more practical. I did my best to make a BC Shape.
So it appears the Lower Mainland still has the bulk of the votes – as it should be. In a democracy we do always want to consider the vote of the majority. As civilizations and societies grow, they increasingly urbanize. To anticipate the growth, and to effectively work on the issues and concerns of the growing urban areas is key to political success – and a fair society.
A person in the Interior’s vote should not count more than that of a person in the Lower mainland.