A version of this workshop for Spanish elections (in Spanish): https://gist.github.com/jsanz/b621435f418ad6a856c2
Here are the links to the examples provided in the intro:
- Brazil: http://politica.estadao.com.br/eleicoes/2014/apuracao/segundo-turno/presidente/
- Toronto: http://bigcitypolitics.ca/previous-elections/maps/
- UK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3070470/Google-Search-tips-Cameron-win-election-Nigel-Farage-s-Ukip-beat-Labour-Liberal-Democrats.html
- India: http://srogers.cartodb.com/viz/81916204-c392-11e3-bcbf-0e230854a1cb/embed_map?title=true&description=true&search=true&shareable=true&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=false&legends=true&scrollwheel=true&fullscreen=true&sublayer_options=1%7C1&sql&sw_lat=11.821410465077479&sw_lon=60.335443281250036&ne_lat=27.525102650180578&ne_lon=99.93016984375004
- Google trends/US: http://fortune.com/2015/08/05/donald-trump-map/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE