Module # 2 Basic visual Terminology and geographic map

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For this assignment I decided to use a dataset called 2020 US General Election Turnout Rates, this data was a csv file and included many facts about the 2020 election voter turnout, such as the number of people eligible to vote, percentage of turnout rates, people within the voting age, amount of ballots counted, and much more. For this visualization, I will be looking into the number of ballots counted. 

Initially, I planned on using the point function in Tableau to visualize the different ballots counted, but I found that the differences were slightly harder to read in comparison to using color to show the different voter turnouts. Having the key to the side showing the least and most ballots counted helps readers to understand what lighter versus darker colors mean. Something else I could have added to this graph is the name and number of ballots for each state. I decided to not add this because I felt like it made my visualization less pleasing to look at, the data itself would be good for people to look into the specifics for each state, this graph is supposed to give a more general idea of the states with the most ballots counted. If you click on the link you can also see that information for each state where it will reveal that California had the highest amount of ballots while Wyoming had the least in addition to all the data on the other states.

Added below is my final visualization for the voter turnout rates in 2020:

Link: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jahnae4791/viz/Module2_16738773982970/2020TotalBallotsCounted?publish=yes




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