Why the Election Map Misleads
A brisk data explainer turns a familiar red-blue map into a visible design problem, then animates two alternatives.
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Why it works
The first 286 frames pile up real-use sightings before shot 13 clears to a pale, inspectable graphic for 361 frames. Shot 17's separated lateral moves point the viewer between two compared units, and shot 22 spends 636 frames visibly rebuilding the encoding. The narration covers 75% of the film, so the graphics answer spoken claims rather than competing with them.
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