[2] Bohrman originally wanted to delay use of the monitor until the general election, but decided that the technology was "too good to wait".
For instance, the user could bring up the total delegate counts for Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during the 2008 US Democratic primary race.
For the national presidential election, it can be used to display a map reflecting recent state-by-state poll results, which are also used to project electoral vote totals for each respective party.
[2][3][9][10] The Magic Map was parodied in the October 23, 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, with Fred Armisen using it to comically rearrange states.
The Map was also parodied on the November 18, 2008 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, with a presumably omnipotent King using it to stalk, and eventually imprison, correspondent John Oliver.