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A "True-er" Map of America
I've seen the Red/Blue states map, Jesusland map, the Bicoastal States of America map, and a good assortment of maps that are aimed to show how sharply divided America is or how much of the country looks red.
The following map (created by a professor at Princeton) avoids blanketing whole states as red or blue. Not only is this a county by county breakdown of votes, but it's not just red and blue...100% votes for one side or the other are those colors, but as the mix gets closer to 70/30, 60/40, or whatever, the colors gradually turn purple.
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/
As you can see, there are plenty of Kerry votes that were placed in such strongly red states as Alabama. Maine, Wisconson, New Hampshire, and Wisconson (all of which went to Kerry) are almost completely purple. Only a few states (Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Vermont, RI and Massachusetts that I noticed) seem to have little purple at all but mostly one color for the entire state.
The country may be split in half on political issues right now, but that dividing line isn't conveniently between regions. America is a melting pot that has both sides of the spectrum spread throughout, folks.
The following map (created by a professor at Princeton) avoids blanketing whole states as red or blue. Not only is this a county by county breakdown of votes, but it's not just red and blue...100% votes for one side or the other are those colors, but as the mix gets closer to 70/30, 60/40, or whatever, the colors gradually turn purple.
http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/
As you can see, there are plenty of Kerry votes that were placed in such strongly red states as Alabama. Maine, Wisconson, New Hampshire, and Wisconson (all of which went to Kerry) are almost completely purple. Only a few states (Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Vermont, RI and Massachusetts that I noticed) seem to have little purple at all but mostly one color for the entire state.
The country may be split in half on political issues right now, but that dividing line isn't conveniently between regions. America is a melting pot that has both sides of the spectrum spread throughout, folks.