Same-sex marriage map by county/state

[Adam Griffin]

This is a project that Gass3268 and I worked on many months ago. Once it was finished, he was going to post it but apparently his computer had crashed and it was never given its own thread - we just now figured out this was the case.
 
The map shows the most recent statewide referendum/initiative on same-sex marriage by state; pretty straightforward, really. Alaska and Hawaii's boroughs/counties are colored with the statewide result, but all others are county-by-county. Green is pro-SSM/anti-ban and red is vice-versa.




And one that adjusts the results to compare to the national support/opposition at the time of each state's vote:

Once again, AK/HI are colored solid based on their statewide vote. In this case, I went by the 10-point brackets and did my best to round/approximate by year depending on what the national polls showed. There will inevitably be some cases where a given county might shift into another bracket (if I had redone the map entirely, counting by hand each individual result), but the trend by and large is sound.

Full-size map

[Adam Griffin]

If you know, how recent was that South Dakota measure taken? Its easily sticks out as lighter than its surroundings.

I think the problem with the South Dakota one was because it was worded so badly that ~ 46% voted in favor of gay marriage.

This is probably correct. ND was in 2004 & SD was in 2006, iirc.

It would be interesting to weight the result by the national poll numbers at the time of the vote. I expect it would cause states to stand out less due to the year of the data.

Don't give me any ideas

[Adam Griffin]

It would be interesting to weight the result by the national poll numbers at the time of the vote. I expect it would cause states to stand out less due to the year of the data.

Don't give me any ideas

I had an idea! Here it is:

Once again, AK/HI are colored solid based on their statewide vote. In this case, I went by the 10-point brackets and did my best to round/approximate by year depending on what the national polls showed. There will inevitably be some cases where a given county might shift into another bracket (if I had redone the map entirely, counting by hand each individual result), but the trend by and large is sound.

Full-size map

[Adam Griffin]

If it wins the county with Cincinnati, it wins the county with Louisville.

Hamilton County, OH: 56% against
Jefferson County, KY: 60% against

[Adam Griffin]

If it wins the county with Cincinnati, it wins the county with Louisville.

Hamilton County, OH: 56% against
Jefferson County, KY: 60% against

Both in 2004???

Remember, the suburbs of Cincinnati are far more conservative than the city.

That doesn't seem to matter here, apparently (does Jefferson, KY even have suburbs?).

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/KY/I/01/county.002.html
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/OH/I/01/county.001.html

Even odder is the fact that Hamilton County has a larger black population than Jefferson County, KY. It was quite common for blacks to be heavily against SSM pre-Obama endorsement; they were the most "out of step" reason as to why Prop 8 passed in CA.


In addition, I have updated the map with NC's adjustments; I swear I did them, but maybe they weren't saved the first time. In any case, NC's results now are now accurate in comparison to national support in 2012.