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Now we may be a little over a year away from the election, but it might do us some good to educate ourselves as much as possible, so we can be informed, knowledgeable voters once the time comes…or at the very least appreciate how a state’s physical size doesn’t necessarily correspond to its influence in a national election. TheNewHobbyist has taken the electoral votes for the presidential election, and used those values to dictate the heights of the US states. Very cool.

Whether your political views have you leaning a little to the front, the back, the left, or the right, I think we can all appreciate the awesomeness of this Thingiverse item.

Now let’s see those predictions, printed of course!

United States Electoral Vote Map by TheNewHobbyist

This is a 3D scale replica of the United States, the state height corresponds to the number of electoral votes each state controls in a presidential election. I thought it could be a fun visual tool for learning about U.S. politics. Also included in this thing is a flat 2D Sketchup map of the U.S. suitable for resizing, extruding, scaling, puzzle making, you name it! More about this project in my blog post here: thenewhobbyist.com/2011/09/3d-printing-for-the-classroom/

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