Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:26 PM
SoCalDem (99,661 posts)
2012 Cartogram MapPopulation
EV (note how WY has grown)
Nuanced county by county
Interesting details & more maps @ http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/
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8 replies, 643 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| SoCalDem | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| NRaleighLiberal | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| liberal N proud | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| Warpy | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| dchill | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| Nye Bevan | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| xfundy | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| SoCalDem | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| hifiguy | Nov 2012 | #8 |
Response to SoCalDem (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:29 PM
NRaleighLiberal (28,577 posts)
1. the 3rd one, especially, blows away the myth of "middle right country"
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very little pure red; quite a lot of pure blue!
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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:48 PM
liberal N proud (43,652 posts)
5. Yes, we are more liberal than the conservatives want us to believe.
Response to SoCalDem (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:37 PM
Warpy (69,071 posts)
2. Love that finger of blue starting up the Rockies
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I guess leaving lefty magazines in waiting rooms and laundromats has finally had an effect. Now we need to work on Wyoming and Montana.
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Response to SoCalDem (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:38 PM
dchill (7,870 posts)
3. Jim-Bob don't like this map.
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But I kinda do...
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Response to SoCalDem (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:40 PM
Nye Bevan (10,768 posts)
4. NJ has been at the cannolis.
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I love those things. The maps, that is, not the cannolis. But I do like cannolis too. Not sure how I got OT so quickly.
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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:59 PM
xfundy (2,592 posts)
6. I'd bet it was the cannolis.
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they tend to do that.
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Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #4)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:26 PM
SoCalDem (99,661 posts)
7. The analysis about the maps is encouraging too
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That wide swath of red the repubs brag about is mostly rural..tumbleweeds/snakes & cows...few people
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Response to SoCalDem (Reply #7)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 02:36 PM
hifiguy (13,029 posts)
8. There was a post on Sullivan about this
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and the fact that Democrats own areas with high population density. Where there are lots of people, Democrats command the ground, generally speaking. Where there are very few people, Repigs do very well.
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