Observed arrival · 2026-08-24
OddMap’s Political Map of Japan’s Municipalities
An interactive map estimates the political tendencies of all 1,741 Japanese municipalities from national proportional-representation election data.
Field notes
OddMap calculates municipality scores from proportional-representation vote shares and party positions coded on a -3 to +3 scale across multiple policy dimensions. Its time weighting gives the 2026 election half of the composite, followed by 30% for 2025 and 20% for 2024. The interface supports direct browsing of 20 designated cities and 171 wards, while separate raw and standardized views distinguish a model’s policy origin from a municipality’s position relative to the national distribution.
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