Cartogram

A cartogram is a map that involves a theme and exaggeration. The illustration of the map will accent and highlight points of the map to highlight areas that they want you to notice. For instance, a map of the U.S. could be distorted by highlighting the populations of the states versus the actual size in land mass. This means the Northeastern U.S. would be huge compared the rest of the U.S. This map exemplifies exactly what a cartogram is. This map shows the electoral vote for the 2008 election, which obviously is an exaggerated view of the countries actual size.  

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