Presidential Election 2012 Geographic Project

Mark Abbott

Outline of Presidential Election Project

• Design 4 U.S. maps in ArcGIS desktop to display Political Party Victors, Electoral College Vote by state, Young Voter Population and Hispanic Population.

• Research demographic information that may effect the outcome of the election.

• Zip the layers from the desktop map and add it to ArcGIS online.

• Share the map as an Application and create Story board maps online e.g., .

ArcGIS Desktop version of Presidential Election 2012

Research Election Demographics

• United States Census Bureau • http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2010/file-download

• Voter Turn out Reports• http://www.nonprofitvote.org/voter-turnout.html

• Gallup Poll• http://www.gallup.com/poll/154559/us-presidential-election-center.aspx

Share Election Map as an Application on ArcGIS online

• Social Media Map• http://www.arcgis.com/apps/SocialMedia/index.html?appid=551bd52829314d3aa

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• Compare and Contrast Swipe Map• http://www.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=9181eb76559b4

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• Compare Maps Side-by-Side• http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/configureApp.html?appid=e6cf8c8960324

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