Reply #35: I don't get it.

[Ivory_Tower]

The Texas map is a "redder" purple, and the Massachusetts map is "bluer" purple. That shows to me that there are differences between the two states, but that neither state is 100% in either column.

I still think the map is flawed, though. That's why I posted my variations in this thread. The starker contrast, IMO, is the number of votes in each state. Alaska could have gone 100% for Bush, but that would still have been a smaller number of votes relative to, say, California. Additionally, I blended the RGB components based on percentages for each candidate, which admittedly only made a subtle difference compared to original post, but I still think it's more accurate.

The Red vs. Blue divide completely dismisses the minority votes in each state, and feeds the impression that we (or "they") should write off whole segments of the country. I don't subscribe to that belief.