I have copied a lot of maps of of the Votemaster's site this US election and I will do it one more time. Here is a map of the election county by county. Click on it for a bigger version.
Any conclusions to be drawn? We are of the river? They are of the woods? Pennsylvania is interesting. The Scranton to Phili corridor and Pittsburg swung (swanged?) the whole state. Must burn Amish butt when they see that.
One question: what is that seam of blue across Alabama into Georgia to the east and Mississippi to the west? Is that a valley of some sort?
Comments
alfons - November 5, 2004 8:09 AM
Mississipi Blues! (Probably a lot of black voters.)
Alan - November 5, 2004 8:11 AM
Wow. That is so obvious I never thought of it.
Alan - November 5, 2004 8:12 AM
If you look at it, there is an arc of blue inland from the sea all through the south-east.
'nee - November 5, 2004 11:15 AM
It's water and capital cities. Anywhere there's a little bit of an economy, or any kind of government.
Wayne - November 5, 2004 11:22 AM
I read a rumour on the Internet that the the Democrats were putting something in the water.
'nee - November 5, 2004 5:16 PM
It's flouride.
Which internet was this? There are so many that it's hard to keep track.
Ikram - November 12, 2004 2:37 PM
Re: Sema of blue
Those are majority black counties. Same goes for the democratic river counties in Mississippi or Louisiana. In those states, as well as Alabama and rural Georgia, the democratic is not far from being the same as the Black vote. Take a look at some exit poll data by race for those states -- depressing reading.
Alan - November 12, 2004 2:48 PM
I am never surprised by the depth of my ignorance, Ikram. I was moved by discussions with the Junk Store Cowgirl today to ead about the Delaware and the colonial wars with the First Nations of New England in the later 1600s. So much unknown about where we are.
Alan - March 16, 2005 4:18 PM
Corroboration of Ikram's observation on this map I notices in a big of a search on Piedmont Blues.