“Land doesn’t vote” maps

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

IL-2010 GOV?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

There are some quite extreme foreign examples. Case in point: Amazonas in Brazil 2018. Bolsonaro won only Manaus and two other municipalities, which have a total of 5% of area, but because Manaus, a majority of the population of the state, went to Bolsonaro by a wide margin, Bolsonaro won.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I have also tried very hard to come up with a non-US example and it is much harder than what it seems.

It's not *that* hard. Amazonas Brazil 2018 was a pretty good example.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

2002 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Democratic Primary (Rendell vs Casey)

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/GALLERY/8578_16_12_20_1_52_36.png

Hahahahaha lmao Philly liberal elitist Ed Rendell vs. working class populist Bob Casey. Aside maybe from Lancaster County, one of the neatest maps ever.

If there's any sore thumb on that map it's actually Centre County, for insisting on being a Rendell County not even near SEPA.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

2002 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Democratic Primary (Rendell vs Casey)

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/GALLERY/8578_16_12_20_1_52_36.png

Hahahahaha lmao Philly liberal elitist Ed Rendell vs. working class populist Bob Casey. Aside maybe from Lancaster County, one of the neatest maps ever.

If there's any sore thumb on that map it's actually Centre County, for insisting on being a Rendell County not even near SEPA.

Not a sore thumb at all. Centre County has Penn State therefore is already baked in as liberal elitist country. It is also precisely in the centre (duh) of the state so it looks good.

I thought you meant purely in aestethic terms.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Another from 1980, Reagan won Alabama

Clear pattern here: Reagan won narrow wins in many Southern states off basis of big wins in heavily white exurban wealthy counties.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Another from 1980, Reagan won Alabama

Clear pattern here: Reagan won narrow wins in many Southern states off basis of big wins in heavily white exurban wealthy counties.

Cumulatively, Carter had a Trump-sized EC bias in his favor in 1980.  Reagan had to win nationwide by 3ish to take the EC.

It's quite like 2004. Republican piles up the votes in Western states, leaving the (Midwestern) tipping-point state D-leaning.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

2022 Democratic Tennessee gubernatorial election



Jason Martin: 39.39%
J.B. Smiley Jr.: 38.81%
Carnita Atwater: 21.81%

Martin won the primary, of course, but looking at the county result map, one could gain the impression that he would have won in a landslide, while in fact he eked out a victory by a mere 0.6%.

Comes to show how many D primary voters come from Shelby alone.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

(Wikimedia Commons)
1970 Nevada gubernatorial election. D candidate wins by...only 5 points.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan

Excluding the UP with Humphrey didn't even need to win , he only won 6 counties.

1960 is also up there, with how deep red much of the Lower Peninsula is...I guess it's kind of like how Cook County alone can make Ds competitive in Illinois.