Nov. 8 is the Super Bowl for election maps, when red-and-blue geographical representations of the United States fill the front pages of news websites by night and are stamped into newspapers the next morning.

This kind of map is common in almost every election: 50 states (and the District), two colors, one winner. Despite its ubiquity, it is profoundly flawed.

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These maps say only one thing: Some states are bigger than others. In a presidential election, how much bigger the state of Wyoming is than New Jersey isn’t relevant to the outcome, which is based on how electoral votes are apportioned.

If you chart the states by electoral votes, a more accurate picture of which states will elect Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton emerges.