Voting maps

Anonymous, on November 8th, 2004 at 10:04 am Said:

Along these same lines…

The facts clearly show that the United States is not a “red country.” … With the exception of the 2000 election, Bush’s popular vote margin of about 3.6 million votes (out of approximately 115 million total votes cast) was the narrowest since 1976, when then-Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) defeated then-President Gerald R. Ford (R) by about 1.7 million votes. Bush won by the narrowest margin of any wartime incumbent president in U.S. history. As Wall Street Journal Washington editor Albert R. Hunt noted, it was “the narrowest win for a sitting president since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.” – swell article over at Media Matters

Paul, on November 8th, 2004 at 11:04 am Said:

David,

If you are interested in the subject, there is a good book: How to Lie with Maps:

(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226534219/103-3221251-7440634?v=glance)

Enjoy.
aul

John Dodge, on November 8th, 2004 at 3:22 pm Said:

Some blog I saw today had a map that scaled up territory by population which more truly represented the election versus the strictly geographical maps.

That said, the election was depressing to say the least.

Scott D. Feldstein, on November 8th, 2004 at 11:12 pm Said:

Size adjusted electoral maps

Tversover, on November 9th, 2004 at 3:08 am Said:

Det nyanserte bildet…..

Crooked Timber har en oversikt over grafiske fremstillinger av valgresultatet i USA, som gir et helt annet inntrykk enn den overveldende Bush-seieren som vises ved de vanlige kartene. Som man kan seer det ikke egentlig er snakk om forskjeller mellom s…

Vergil Iliescu, on November 9th, 2004 at 5:59 am Said:

Those maps help me feel less apprehensive about the USA in the longer term.

If you compare the maps linked above with this one:
http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html, then we wouldn’t be too wrong in concluding that Bush voters prefer Coke and Kerry voters prefer Soda or Pop. :)

bern de galvez, on November 10th, 2004 at 4:55 pm Said:

The rube myth and the not-a-mandate myth: President Bush won a greater share of the nationwide popular vote than every Democrat candidate in the last century except FDR and LBJ (Wilson, Truman, Kennedy and Clinton never got a majority and Carter barely did).

Compared with 2000, President Bush increased his share of the vote in 50 out of 50 states (and of course that means greater shares of larger numbers). He increased his share among big city voters by 13 points and all urban voters by ten points, earning 45% of the latter. He gained more than six points over 2000 among those yahoos in New Jersey, 5.6 in Connecticut, 5.3 in New York State, a full seven points in Rhode Island and even 4.5 points in flippin’ Taxachusetts. At the other end of the nation, he gained nearly eight points in Hawaii, that redneck redoubt.

It is true that every winning Republican candidate in the last century did better than Bush at least once. So it would be fair to say Dubya only won a Democrat-sized mandate.

Go Dubya!