The homelycooking New England Town Maps Thread

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When you have time, could you please do % of French speakers? I know Maine and VT have quite a few and NH has some in the far north, though it's probably negligible in CT, RI, and MA. The U.S. census should have that data. I'd be interested in seeing how far the French-speaking zone extends into the U.S.

Yes. Be aware, however, that between this thread and the New York thread (and my college mid-terms), I have a considerable backlog of requests. It could take a few weeks.

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Perfect. Let me know if you need anything.

Next map to come: 2000 Presidential Primary (Republican)

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In the mean time, here are a few demographic maps I made a while ago:

Percent White



Percent Black



Percent Hispanic



Percent Native



Percent Asian

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And, at last, here's 2000 Republican Primary. (PNG!)

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I know it's not a Presidential map, but I couldn't resist. These are New England's 2010 gubernatorial races.

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Yes, I have them. Do you see a mistake in the map?

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Oh, that's right. I made that map before the Maine SOS had released its figures. I'll have to go through the data and fix it. Thanks for the alert, twinaustin.

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Do you mean "precinct" or "percent" map?

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While I fix the 2010 gubernatorial, here's 2008 (and I'll do swings later):

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From the 2008 and 2010 gubernatorial data I assembled, I made this little map comparing Libertarian strength in New Hampshire:

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An evolution of John Lynch's scores would be interesting.

Ask and you shall receive, Antonio. I'll add Lynch's '04 performance once I finish the New England Gubernatorial map for 2006.

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It's my pleasure - in the most literal sense of those words.

So, let's keep the good times rolling. Here are some third party performances in gubernatorial elections:

Anthony Pollina '08 in Vermont



This hypothetical map compares Douglas' percentage to the combined percentages of Symington and Pollina:



Let me know if you have requests.

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Some Massachusetts maps now.

Tim Cahill strength '10 (increments of 2 percent)



Swing in the gubernatorial race from 2006 to 2010

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Hard to believe, isn't it? Nevertheless, it did swing from R to D, and it was the strongest such swing in the state (5.5%).

Here's the 2009 Democratic primary for US Senate.



...and the candidate with the most votes who is not Martha Coakley:



Michael Capuano: Red
Alan Khazei: Green
Steven Pagliuca: Yellow

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Same scale as the Cahill map: Mihos '06.

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Here are 2006 and 2010 Gubernatorial Maps side-by-side:



Barbara Merrill is from Appleton, in the center of that green area in Knox County, Maine.

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For Antonio:

Here is the Lynch evolution map with all of Lynch's scores since 2004 (his first run at the governorship).

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Here are 2004 Gubernatorial and 2008 Gubernatorial as well.

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Thanks to Dallasfan and the map he posted from Massachusetts from 1912, I was able to paste on Connecticut as well.

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This one is really stunning, and sort of hypnotic if you look at it for a moment:

Perot strength 1992, increments of 4%

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Maine is just wow...

yeah it looks like you just cross the border from NH and there's a jump.
I wonder if his French name helped him out at all there.

very nice collaboration on the 1912 map! i can't wait to see the whole New England town map on that one.

The complete New England map for 1912 could take a while, since VT, ME and RI are somewhat reluctant to hand over their data.

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Here's a fun map. This is the 2006 Republican Primary for Governor in Maine.



Blue: Chandler Woodcock (Farmington)
Yellow: Peter Mills (Cornville)
Green: David Emery (St George)

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Thanks Dave, I should get started on that. (But I'll have to change all of my images: the gallery apparently doesn't like bitmaps.)

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Here's a fun primary map from the 2010 Republican gubernatorial race. Blue is Paul Lepage.

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Another map from the above primary: Strongest candidate who is not Paul Lepage.
Aroostook County was really painful to fill with color - every other town had a 2nd place tie.



Red: Leslie Otten
Green: Peter Mills
Yellow: Bruce Poliquin
Orange: William Beardsley
Blue: Matthew Jacobson
Purple: Stephen Abbott