File talk:US Electoral College Map.PNG

Purpose

This is just an electoral map that shows DC to the naked eye, and accurately reflects Nebraska's and Maine's electoral vote allocation. The circles represent the congressional districts of the two states, by which they allocate their electoral votes (the rest of the state represents the two statewide electoral votes). When editing this file for various elections, color the circles differently if a candidate doesn't win the state but does win a certain number of electoral votes due to winning a congressional district. -- Fifty7 (talk) 03:14, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico doesn't have any electoral votes? 96.231.133.181 (talk) 04:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

No, currently only states and the District of Columbia are a part of the electoral college. -- Fifty7 (talk) 00:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Better explanation for little circles in Maine and Nebraska

For me, it was somewhat hard to understand what the little circles mean. I think the main page of the image should have an explanation. It would also be good to Electoral_College_(United_States)#Congressional_District_Method, or some similar page with an explanation.

On an almost unrelated note, it is a bit confusing that the numbers in the states represent total votes, but the numbers in the circles represent a count - 1, 2, 3. Maybe once you know what they mean, it is clearer.

I think a little pie graph with 3 sectors for Nebraska and two sectors for Maine plus a "+2" in a way that makes it clear that it is different to the overall total (5 or 4) would be good --Jono4174 (talk) 05:20, 25 October 2008 (UTC)