Lab #2 Instructions

• Replicate EXACTLY the New York Times map of the state results from the 2008 US Presidential election. This map can be viewed at: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html
• Critique the above map and offer three ways in which it can be improved.
• Post the original NY Times map, your replication map and your discussion as to how you can improve the map on your blog. Your replication map will be graded on how closely it resembles the original map. This assignment, as all others, is due at the beginning of next week’s meeting.