Election history and state ordering

I was talking on Bluesky[^1] about why I dislike the widespread use of alphabetical ordering for states on the y-axis of charts. There are better ways! My favorite is detailed in [this notebook](https://observablehq.com/@bmschmidt/useful-linear-orders-for-countries-and-states#linear_us_state_order), where I talk through some methods for treating paths. I have an interactive tool for building out…