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Make sure you check the counties map! It's amazing to see how much of the area of the USA is red, even in states that went to Obama. But in the southeast stat
by curiousdannii 14y ago
Make sure you check the counties map!
It's amazing to see how much of the area of the USA is red, even in states that went to Obama.
But in the southeast states there seems to be a river of blue, just inland from the red coastal counties. Does anyone have any idea why that is?
The exit polls show some very strong demographic divides too: http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president/exit-polls http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president/exit-pol...
- czr80 14y agoHere's one theory for that line of blue: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/10/02/162163801/obama-s-secret-weapon-in-the-south-small-dead-but-still-kickin http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/10/02/162163801/obama...
- curiousdannii 14y agoWow, who would've thought it all came back to plankton!
- RyanMcGreal 14y ago> It's amazing to see how much of the area of the USA is red, even in states that went to Obama. Cities vote Democract and rurals vote Republican. Since rurals are a lot more sparsely populated than cities, the area of the voting map looks overwhelmingly Republican. Related: http://www.urbanarchipelago.com/ http://www.urbanarchipelago.com/