2004 electoral map cartogram

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~sara/html/mapping/election/election04/election.html ^

[fishtank]

The two-variable contiguous area cartogram below depicts enumeration units proportionally scaled to the data that they represent, namely electoral votes. The more electoral votes in a state, the larger the area of the state. The states are shaded with the color of the candidate winning the electoral votes.

[MysticCrusader]

This fits the blue-state drug induced stupor. Only one of them could read it.

[xkaydet65]

Reagan never had a majority. He always dealt with a Democratic dominated House and the Senate was held until 86. Reagan never had coattails. Bush did. For getting things done Bush is in a far moreadvantageous position than Reagan. He had to deal with talented Democratic politicians who were partisan but not nuts. O'Neill was a far more difficult opponent than Pelosi in her dreams.

If you are saying that the Reps cannnot rest. Absolutely. It is incumbent on Bush to accomplish much these two years to convince many Blue Staters to look to the Republican Party for successful and moral solutions.

[MisterRepublican]

This is what liberals see when they look at a map. Must make driving hell.

[NxNW]

take a look at this site:

http://www.citistates.com/whatis.html

"according to figures compiled by Standard & Poor’s DRI division for the US Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties, the US’s 314 metro regions are clearly the economic drivers, providing 84 percent of new jobs, 95 percent of high-tech jobs, 88 percent of the country's income."

Seems like there will be a big problem one day if the centers of economic growth always vote different than the rest of of the nation.

[BenLurkin]

That problem exists now.

The answer is to free our urban centers from the death grip of government and government dependence once and for all.

[NxNW]

The fatty belt of obesity runs from W. Virginia through KY, TN, AL, MS, LA and ends in TX (Houston is "Fat City"). By comparison the Blue States are lean and mean (MN is ranked healthiest in the US).

http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Health+Status&subcategory=Obesity&topic=Obesity+Rate

[NxNW]

Well, the cities are more regulated than the rural areas but they still produce the lions share of the income and growth. Maybe smart regulation is the answer to the economic woes of certain areas?

[fishtank]

"If you are saying that the Reps cannnot rest. Absolutely. It is incumbent on Bush to accomplish much these two years to convince many Blue Staters to look to the Republican Party for successful and moral solutions."

Yes and amen!

[Cyber Liberty]

Alaska looks like a bug that hit the windshield.

An excellent analogy for what just happened to Dan Rather....

[Round 9]

While the cities vote democratic, it's the republican voters that live in the suburbs and surrounding counties that drive that economic engine in most cases.

[capitan_refugio]

"How can we put together another Reagan-style majority?"

Change the mind of 1 out of every 20 voters in California - or get California to distribute their electoral votes proportionally.

[frannie]

Thats one way to look at it but let me state what I think.

This is the slickest piece of skull drudgery I have ever seen.

Think about it, the county map makes the demos almost gone.

By taking states and spreading the population of BIG CITIES, through out the BLUE STATES they can say "look we really didn't do so badly". "Those red areas aren't nearly as large as the conservative would like
for you to believe"

Just look at the map again, This was a slick idea.

What we need to do, since it is almost impossible to convert those in the cities who are either on the dole or elitist liberals, is register more . There still is over 40% of eligible voters not registered. About the same registered voters who didn't vote,

I saw this map several days ago and was astonished at how innovated the demos can be.
Frannie

[NxNW]

Not always.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002103445_presvote29m.html

Plus, the cities are the economic hubs, the suburbs are bedroom communities that depends on access to the cities. The urban areas are the sine qua non of the "ring cities."

[NxNW]

take a look at this site:

http://www.citistates.com/whatis.html

"according to figures compiled by Standard & Poor’s DRI division for the US Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties, the US’s 314 metro regions are clearly the economic drivers, providing 84 percent of new jobs, 95 percent of high-tech jobs, 88 percent of the country's income."

The problem is that while the rural/small town counties encompass most of the country the cities/urban counties are where the economic growth is centered. If we take away the ciries the country is still there but the nation as we know it no longer exists. This is a big problem, how can we have a forward thinking, growing economy if there is a urban/rural split that is beyond redemption?

[BenLurkin]

Regulation is the key to economic growth?

Now I know you're pulling my leg!

[Revererdrv]

The major networks have still not called the election for George W. Bush. Maybe Dan Rather will give the order for CBS to call the election for George W. Bush!

[fishtank]

I disagree that the map is skull duggery, since the map is REAL and TRUE. It shows us the work still to do...

But I agree here with you:

"What we need to do, since it is almost impossible to convert those in the cities who are either on the dole or elitist liberals, is register more . There still is over 40% of eligible voters not registered. About the same registered voters who didn't vote,"

Good analysis.

[skeeter]

The problem is that while the rural/small town counties encompass most of the country the cities/urban counties are where the economic growth is centered. If we take away the ciries the country is still there but the nation as we know it no longer exists. This is a big problem, how can we have a forward thinking, growing economy if there is a urban/rural split that is beyond redemption?

Counties don't vote. A more interesting question is why social welfare recipients, white union members & individuals in non white communities vote disproportionately democratic.

[NxNW]

Substitute "smart investment" with "regulation" to be more precise, my orig comment was somewhat tongue in cheek. For instance my hometown is building a new monorail, most likely a good idea to move people allowing more space for commerce on the highways. But the project is beyond the scope of private industry so this is an instance in which government is focused for the public good. The hitch is that not every area has the resources to improve infrastructure on its own so in the future we might really be looking at a major have/have not situation in regard to urban and rural area.

[NxNW]

"A more interesting question is why social welfare recipients, white union members & individuals in non white communities vote disproportionately democratic."

That is an interesting question, do you have an answer?

BTW, in my states votes are tabulated by county that is the root of my ref to counties voting.