The Final US Election Thread

**Lemur** · 11-12-2008, 19:02

Originally Posted by Ironside

I it just me, or is the weakest blue states feeling red when looking on that map?

Could you re-phrase that sentence? 'Cause I've read it five times now, and I can't figure out what you mean ...

**Ronin** · 11-12-2008, 19:27

Originally Posted by Lemur

Could you re-phrase that sentence? 'Cause I've read it five times now, and I can't figure out what you mean ...

I think he means that states that were won by slim margins by the democrats show up as mostly red on the map.

that is because the democrats won many states by winning the urban counties that are more heavily populated against the rural counties carried by the GOP.....so in some states by just winning 2 or 3 major cities you can win the state.....even if most of the state shows up as "RED"

**Ironside** · 11-12-2008, 20:33

Originally Posted by Lemur

Could you re-phrase that sentence? 'Cause I've read it five times now, and I can't figure out what you mean ...

The purple that's a weak blue state makes it look like a red state, even when it's blue. Compare this map to the simple red-blue one in the link. This one feels way more red.

Edit:

Gah, I'm not about rural vs cities (I got that part a long time ago, last election or something), it's about them choosing a poor colour to represent counties (I've been sloppy there, calling them states), that went something like 51% blue. They still look like they're red by looking on that map.

**CountArach** · 11-12-2008, 21:31

Originally Posted by Ironside

The purple that's a weak blue state makes it look like a red state, even when it's blue. Compare this map to the simple red-blue one in the link. This one feels way more red.

Rural counties vote overwhelmingly Republican and they make up the majority of the country. The Purple counties are more likely to be either ones with large towns and some rural areas, or some usually Republican Suburban areas where McCain couldn't quite connect. The deepest blue areas are almost entirely Urban, often inner-city counties.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 11-12-2008, 22:08

The best "map" would be adjusted to depict counties not only by color (percentage of vote) but by relevant population of county (size). It would be much more blued then.

**CountArach** · 11-12-2008, 22:28

Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

The best "map" would be adjusted to depict counties not only by color (percentage of vote) but by relevant population of county (size). It would be much more blued then.

If you look at the Cartograms in Lemur's post, that is what they are. The more votes a region has the larger it is, and hence the map is distorted. The Mountain West in particular looks hilarious.

EDIT: Here's the one you want:

**Banquo's Ghost** · 11-13-2008, 08:41

Now that is art.

**Askthepizzaguy** · 11-13-2008, 09:12

Originally Posted by CountArach

EDIT: Here's the one you want:

If you ask me, Florida is so large because all the male seniors there are taking so much Viagra. It does make the United States look more virile and manly though.

Check out the size of that state! It's hung like a peninsula.

**CountArach** · 11-13-2008, 11:41

Great, now I have the image of a really old united States with his Florida hanging out...

In actual Election news: Senator Stevens is going down the Tubes. He is down by 814 votes with the remaining votes being from districts Begich won.

**Marshal Murat** · 11-12-2008, 22:10

[QUOTE]
Rural counties vote overwhelmingly Republican and they make up the majority of the country. The Purple counties are more likely to be either ones with large towns and some rural areas, or some usually Republican Suburban areas where McCain couldn't quite connect. The deepest blue areas are almost entirely Urban, often inner-city counties. [/QUOTE

Except in the South, where the majority of some counties are black, which voted almost overwhelmingly for Obama.