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BallotGuessr is Geoguessr for budding political pundits

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Why This Matters

BallotGuessr offers a unique intersection of geography and political analysis by challenging users to guess county voting patterns using Street View images. This innovative game not only entertains but also educates players on regional political landscapes, making it a valuable tool for political enthusiasts and educators alike. Its expansion plans to include more election data and international elections could further influence how political data is visualized and engaged with by the public.

Key Takeaways

Fancy yourself as one of those folks who stands in front of an expensive touchscreen display on a news network on election night, zooming in and out of counties while bleating about polling and voting data? If so, you might get a kick out of BallotGuessr.

This is a riff on GeoGuessr that tasks you with guessing how a county voted in the 2024 presidential election. All you have to go on to figure out the identity of each county are contextual clues from Google Street View images. You can move around the environment a bit, but unless you get lucky, you'll need to have a good sense of politics and geography to do well here.

Once you think you have an idea of where the county is, you move a slider to guess whether residents voted for the Democrat or Republican ticket and by how many points. In the daily challenge mode, you only have 30 seconds to make your guess in each of five rounds. I'm bad at it, but it's a fun take on GeoGuessr all the same.

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BallotGuessr features 2,845 curated Google Street View locations from all 50 states, with a maximum of 15 locations for each county. Its creator plans to expand the game with data for the 2022 midterms and 2020 presidential election, as well as recent elections in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.