Abstract: The disclosure concerns a visualization of a result, such as the outcome of an election, in a domain such as the United States, comprising components such as states, in which each state has a “weight” corresponding to its electoral vote, and the results of the election are represented by portraying the states in relative sizes in accordance with their respective electoral votes. Also disclosed are means of varying the form of the visual representation, for testing hypotheses about the results in particular states, and for gauging the effect of issues, including issues on which the candidates in the election take differing positions. The disclosure also addresses the applicability of the same techniques to be the areas of medicine, finance, academia or transportation.