From d4bbce6ba57dcf1afad273a12fa8a1c7eae8674d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armin Samii <armin.samii@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:39:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] decimate sankey data (actually: 1/10th the JS for large
 elections)

---
 static/sankey/sankey-wrapper.js          | 20 +++++++++++
 templates/sankey/sankey-nonblocking.html | 25 ++++++++------
 visualizer/sankey/graphToD3.py           | 43 ++++++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/static/sankey/sankey-wrapper.js b/static/sankey/sankey-wrapper.js
index ca445ed9..d7e7edfd 100644
--- a/static/sankey/sankey-wrapper.js
+++ b/static/sankey/sankey-wrapper.js
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+function decompressGraph(c, charMap) {
+  // charMap: single char -> candidate name, ordered by elimination order.
+  // A char's position (charCode - 'a') is its color index.
+  const nodes = c.nodes.map(([ch, round, value, w, e]) => ({
+    name: charMap[ch],
+    round,
+    value,
+    isWinner: w,
+    isEliminated: e,
+    index: ch.charCodeAt(0) - 97,
+  }));
+  const links = c.links.map(([source, target, value]) => ({
+    source,
+    target,
+    candidateIndex: nodes[source].index,
+    value,
+  }));
+  return { nodes, links };
+}
+
 function makeSankey(graph, numRounds, numCandidates, numWinners, longestLabelApxWidth, totalVotesPerRound, colorThemeIndex) {
   // Below are crazy heuristics to try to get the graph to look good
   // on a variety of sizes.
diff --git a/templates/sankey/sankey-nonblocking.html b/templates/sankey/sankey-nonblocking.html
index c82d3a15..159c6ec0 100644
--- a/templates/sankey/sankey-nonblocking.html
+++ b/templates/sankey/sankey-nonblocking.html
@@ -14,15 +14,20 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
 {{ sankeyjs|safe }}  // lgtm [js/useless-expression]
 
-if (numRounds > 1)
-{
-  loadFunctions();
-  makeSankey(graph, numRounds, numCandidates, numWinners, longestLabelApxWidth, totalVotesPerRound, config.colorTheme);
-}
-else
-{
-  d3.select("#sankey-body").append("text")
-        .text("Sankey diagrams show a flow from one round to the next. This single-round election cannot be displayed as a Sankey diagram.")
-        .style("margin-left", "50px")
+function renderSankey() {
+  const graph = decompressGraph(graphCompressed, charMap);
+  if (numRounds > 1)
+  {
+    loadFunctions();
+    makeSankey(graph, numRounds, numCandidates, numWinners, longestLabelApxWidth, totalVotesPerRound, config.colorTheme);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    d3.select("#sankey-body").append("text")
+          .text("Sankey diagrams show a flow from one round to the next. This single-round election cannot be displayed as a Sankey diagram.")
+          .style("margin-left", "50px")
+  }
 }
+
+requestAnimationFrame(renderSankey);
 </script>
diff --git a/visualizer/sankey/graphToD3.py b/visualizer/sankey/graphToD3.py
index 0dc33dd8..772d0817 100644
--- a/visualizer/sankey/graphToD3.py
+++ b/visualizer/sankey/graphToD3.py
@@ -14,24 +14,29 @@ def __init__(self, graph):
         js += f'numWinners = {graph.summarize().numWinners} ;\n'
         js += f'longestLabelApxWidth = {longestLabelApxWidth};\n'
         js += f'totalVotesPerRound = {totalVotesPerRound};\n'
-        js += 'graph = {"nodes" : [], "links" : []};\n'
-
-        # Maps Candidates to a unique index. Used for color indexing.
-        indices = {candidate: i for i, candidate in enumerate(graph.eliminationOrder)}
+        # Maps Candidates to a single char key (a-z) ordered by elimination order.
+        # Position in charMap doubles as the color index. Supports up to 26 candidates.
+        elimination_order = list(graph.eliminationOrder)
+        candidate_to_char = {c: chr(ord('a') + i) for i, c in enumerate(elimination_order)}
+        char_map = {chr(ord('a') + i): c.name for i, c in enumerate(elimination_order)}
 
         nodeIndices = {}
-        for i, node in enumerate(graph.nodes):
+        nodes = []
+        for node in graph.nodes:
             # Skip inactive (exhausted) nodes
             if not node.candidate.isActive:
                 continue
 
-            nodeIndices[node] = i
-            js += f'graph.nodes.push({{ "name": {json.dumps(node.label)},\n'
-            js += f'                    "round": {node.roundNum},\n'
-            js += f'                    "value": {node.count},\n'
-            js += f'                    "isWinner": {int(node.isWinner)},\n'
-            js += f'                    "isEliminated": {int(node.isEliminated)},\n'
-            js += f'                    "index": "{indices[node.candidate]}"}});\n'
+            nodeIndices[node] = len(nodes)
+            nodes.append([
+                candidate_to_char[node.candidate],
+                node.roundNum,
+                node.count,
+                int(node.isWinner),
+                int(node.isEliminated),
+            ])
+
+        links = []
         for link in graph.links:
             # Skip inactive (exhausted) nodes
             if not link.source.candidate.isActive:
@@ -39,10 +44,12 @@ def __init__(self, graph):
             if not link.target.candidate.isActive:
                 continue
 
-            sourceIndex = nodeIndices[link.source]
-            targetIndex = nodeIndices[link.target]
-            js += f'graph.links.push({{ "source": {sourceIndex},\n'
-            js += f'                    "target": {targetIndex},\n'
-            js += f'            "candidateIndex": {indices[link.source.candidate]},\n'
-            js += f'                     "value": {link.value:0.3f} }});\n'
+            links.append([
+                nodeIndices[link.source],
+                nodeIndices[link.target],
+                round(link.value, 3),
+            ])
+
+        js += f'charMap = {json.dumps(char_map)};\n'
+        js += f'graphCompressed = {json.dumps({"nodes": nodes, "links": links})};\n'
         self.js = js