Comments on: 2008 Election Map Fun http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-9710 Dave Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-9710 Another very illuminating map is here: <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html, " target="_blank">http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside...</a>select "Voting Shifts" and you can see the changes by county. Now if they'd do this one in the size-weighted form! Another very illuminating map is here: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside…select "Voting Shifts" and you can see the changes by county. Now if they'd do this one in the size-weighted form!

]]> By: Dave http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-9723 Dave Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-9723 Except IntenseDebate decided that the comma is part of the URL, here it is again: <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html " target="_blank">http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside...</a> Except IntenseDebate decided that the comma is part of the URL, here it is again:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside…

]]> By: jay_parkhil2393 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-9728 jay_parkhil2393 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-9728 Graphics gone wild! The ones that make the US completely unrecognizable are fun. Graphics gone wild! The ones that make the US completely unrecognizable are fun.

]]> By: Brian http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-9738 Brian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-9738 I haven't gone into as much graphical detail, but did notice a few interesting statistics regarding the election. If you add up the total votes for Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Colorado, you come up with 101 electoral votes. The total vote difference for these 6 states is somewhere close to 1.25 million votes, which is approx. 1.03% of the total votes cast (121.2M). The Electoral College count makes the race seem like a bigger landslide than it was. 53 electoral votes were decided by less than 400,000 votes. So in essence, 1% of the nation decided the election. I will say that there would have been a national uproar if McCain won the electoral vote as described above, while Obama won the popular vote. I'll leave it to the conspiracy theorist to decide if Acorn had a hand in the results. I haven't gone into as much graphical detail, but did notice a few interesting statistics regarding the election. If you add up the total votes for Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Colorado, you come up with 101 electoral votes. The total vote difference for these 6 states is somewhere close to 1.25 million votes, which is approx. 1.03% of the total votes cast (121.2M). The Electoral College count makes the race seem like a bigger landslide than it was. 53 electoral votes were decided by less than 400,000 votes. So in essence, 1% of the nation decided the election.

I will say that there would have been a national uproar if McCain won the electoral vote as described above, while Obama won the popular vote. I'll leave it to the conspiracy theorist to decide if Acorn had a hand in the results.

]]> By: kristina http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-9751 kristina Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-9751 That's an interesting graphical detail... I've checked those maps that Dave posted and you could see the revelation on that 1% difference... That's an interesting graphical detail… I've checked those maps that Dave posted and you could see the revelation on that 1% difference…

]]> By: kristina http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-46296 kristina Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:23:46 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-46296 That's an interesting graphical detail... I've checked those maps that Dave posted and you could see the revelation on that 1% difference... That's an interesting graphical detail… I've checked those maps that Dave posted and you could see the revelation on that 1% difference…

]]> By: Dave http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-46295 Dave Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:12:56 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-46295 Except IntenseDebate decided that the comma is part of the URL, here it is again: <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside...</a> Except IntenseDebate decided that the comma is part of the URL, here it is again:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside…

]]> By: Dave http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-46294 Dave Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:11:07 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-46294 Another very illuminating map is here: <a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html, " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside...</a>select "Voting Shifts" and you can see the changes by county. Now if they'd do this one in the size-weighted form! Another very illuminating map is here: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/preside…select “Voting Shifts” and you can see the changes by county. Now if they'd do this one in the size-weighted form!

]]> By: phenom http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-46297 phenom Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-46297 Visualization gone wild. <a href="http://vidsonly.blogspot.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://vidsonly.blogspot.com </a> Visualization gone wild.

http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

]]> By: phenom http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html/comment-page-1#comment-30457 phenom Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/11/2008-election-map-fun.html#comment-30457 Visualization gone wild. <a href="http://vidsonly.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://vidsonly.blogspot.com </a> Visualization gone wild.

http://vidsonly.blogspot.com

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