As we continue to hurtle toward an election that could tear a hole in the fabric of political space-time as we know it, everyone is crunching the numbers and trying to predict exactly how it might go down. Or, in the case of data wonk Nate Silver, what would happen in purely hypothetical cases.
Here's what the map would look line if only women voted: https://t.co/sjVY67qouE pic.twitter.com/rrc3GuXmGl
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 11, 2016
And here's if just dudes voted. pic.twitter.com/HjqJzIVwc4
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 11, 2016
Wow! Crazy, illuminating stuff. Thankfully, both genders have the vote, so we needn’t overly concern ourselves with this sort of breakdown.
https://twitter.com/samfbiddle/status/786284327202152450
OK, well, sure, technically, but that doesn’t have any bearing on—
electoral map if only millennial women voted #ThankYouWomen pic.twitter.com/8TyEUcm3HS
— TORMABLAS PARODYIACKLELALES (@Tormny_Pickeals) October 12, 2016
I don’t know if that’s actually—
Here's what the electoral map would look like if it had a cat on it. pic.twitter.com/xpqNNfZWSO
— Mike Bates (@MikeBatesTWIBH) October 12, 2016
Very cute, although we should be focusing on—
https://twitter.com/ajchavar/status/786285934987837441
Oh come on.
https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/786285761364566016
I just… help…
https://twitter.com/KELLYWEILL/status/786284952212107264
No more. Please, no more.
https://twitter.com/splendor/status/786275481926504456
This isn’t helping.
https://twitter.com/jenihead/status/786295546558361600
WE GET IT.
https://twitter.com/FreddieCampion/status/786294664877965312
Let me die now.
https://twitter.com/ckolderup/status/786301464775843841
Fine.
https://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/status/786301582505746433
Sure.
Here's what the electoral map would look like if only people on Reddit voted pic.twitter.com/El1kL8kYc4
— Gore Vidal Sassoon (@JimmyJazz1968) October 12, 2016
I am genuinely upset.
https://twitter.com/inky/status/786288071071309824
Leave me alone, I beg of you.
https://twitter.com/jwherrman/status/786286728101367808
THAT’S THE SAME MAP AS BEFORE.
here’s what the electoral map would look like if people truly voted their conscience pic.twitter.com/Wmd7vWYw7W
— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) October 12, 2016
Must… look… away…
if only Gay Twitter voted pic.twitter.com/xjwkU7Mu9P
— Madelyne Pryor’s Magical Girl Transformation (@DiscreetLatino) October 12, 2016
Well, can’t dispute that one.
This is what the US electoral map would look like if it was covered in bees. pic.twitter.com/jmtPvmalOP
— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) October 12, 2016
Honestly, how do we even know there’s a map under there?
https://twitter.com/JohnGHendy/status/786290434746245120
Will give it a pass for the Simpsons reference.
https://twitter.com/libbycwatson/status/786289305857720322
Sounds… kind of lovely.
Here's what the electoral map would look like if just Leon voted: pic.twitter.com/ixlQQrpefs
— leon (@leyawn) October 12, 2016
Right. Sure.
https://twitter.com/DPD_/status/786247830293782528
Fair enough.
https://twitter.com/zdarsky/status/786254551368110080
Apology accepted.
here's what it would look like if only people making "here's what it would look like if only tk people voted" maps voted pic.twitter.com/jLfrJeqDX3
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) October 12, 2016
Oh no. We’re getting meta now.
here’s what the electoral map would look like if only funny people voted pic.twitter.com/QnPxY8CUgq
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 12, 2016
These are dark times indeed.
https://twitter.com/FuckTheory/status/786293708790652929
Ah, the sweet bliss of nuclear annihilation. All is well. But if you get the chance, don’t forget to vote. Or you may not like how the final map looks.