Mapping the US elections: the 2020 edition guide to feature state

Part two of a guide series on US electoral maps and data visualization expands on using the Albers USA map projection with Mapbox, focusing on real-time updates during election season. By utilizing the Feature State API and the promote-id method introduced in Mapbox GL JS v1.7.0, users can now easily manage unique identifiers, such as FIPS codes or GEOIDs, which are sometimes represented as strings starting with zero. This update simplifies the process of mapping live election results by allowing any property from a feature to be promoted as a top-level feature id. The guide provides an example using 2012 campaign finance data to demonstrate how to load data at runtime, set feature states, and apply data-driven styling to map features. It emphasizes the importance of unique identifiers and shows how to dynamically assign attributes to map features, enhancing performance and interactivity by updating the state of individual features without re-parsing the underlying data. The guide encourages users to apply these techniques for live reporting and invites them to share their creations using Mapbox.

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