Interactive electoral vote maps are designed to help citizens understand more about the electoral geography of a country, as well as other related information online. Voters can easily locate their neighbourhood polling stations, districts in a clickable election map.

Voters can simply enter their desired street address, or city and then click on the map at that location to get elected officials and to show information about their election districts. A Zoom In, Zoom Out and Pan tool is also useful for voters to navigate the electoral vote map image and change the location shown on the map. Interactive map can also be organized into layers that can be turned on or off as needed for improved viewing, possible layers could include voter precincts, districts (fire, school, political, etc.), property lines, city boundaries, or even aerial photography. The interactive maps help to educate the public geographical information about their counties and state, and provide information about their officials and candidates.

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During the US presidential election in recent years, many media websites, including TV and Newspaper websites, used interactive maps to display and track the election results. The clickable electoral vote map was colored red or blue to represent political parties in the United States starting from the 2000 presidential election. A blue state tends to vote for the Democratic Party while a red state indicates the majority of voters vote for Repulican Party. States in which the popular vote was within a small percentage are gray and are denoted as battleground states. Roll the cursor over the state will display the popular vote for the last few elections. Visitors could even click on the remaining states as the voting goes to make their predictions and see who reaches the 270 electoral votes first. Web visitors can also select other election from drop down list or by clicking the hyperlink, to see the result of a particular election and its historical information.

Because of its dynamic nature, interactive map can also be used for projection purposes. For example, as the electoral votes for many states will change based on the outcome of the 2010 Census - a projected map can be created based on Census Bureau estimates.

Voters, local and state officials can take advantage of the convenience and ease of use offered by interactive precinct maps. State, county or local election offices can make use of interactive maps as part of their election management infrastructure to better serve the public.

Interactive map software makes it easy to help people track the result of US presidential election, it can be updated on a regular basis easily to reflect changes in election results.

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