Michigan maps thread

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Great job!  I've been planning on mapping the results by city/township. 

BTW, where do you get the data prior to 1998 (and does it include city/township results?)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Great job!  I've been planning on mapping the results by city/township. 

BTW, where do you get the data prior to 1998 (and does it include city/township results?)

What I did was find the state senate district maps and a list of the state senators by party and just drew the maps. I don't have any actual results for the districts. All my info here is from the Michigan Manuals. They have the election results for state senate and house but I don't think it is by city or township level, only county.

I use the Michigan Manuals for the election results I upload prior to 1990 (and including some prior to 1998 that aren't already on here.)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Great job!  I've been planning on mapping the results by city/township. 

BTW, where do you get the data prior to 1998 (and does it include city/township results?)

What I did was find the state senate district maps and a list of the state senators by party and just drew the maps. I don't have any actual results for the districts. All my info here is from the Michigan Manuals. They have the election results for state senate and house but I don't think it is by city or township level, only county.

I use the Michigan Manuals for the election results I upload prior to 1990 (and including some prior to 1998 that aren't already on here.)

The Michigan manuals are great. Is there a library near you with copies of them.

Yep.  Delta College has them from about 1904 up to the 1940s and from 1956 to the present.  Saginaw Valley only has them from about 1970 onward.  

Michigan statewide map of senate districts for elections 2010, 2006, 2002 (left to right)

Holy crap!! How did Democrats lose a seat in Flint even in 2010?

They didn't, Flint is in the red part of Genesee county. Sorry, it's kind of hard to tell. I probably should have done a detailed map of Genesee county.

Still, there is very little Republican territory in Genesee county from what I gather.  

It was a bit more Republican back in the day.  Nixon and Paul Bagwell both carried it in 1960.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'm currently working on city/township results for state elections from 1998-present, and possibly with governor's races as far as they go.  Great job on your maps!

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I'm currently working on city/township results for state elections from 1998-present, and possibly with governor's races as far as they go.  Great job on your maps!

thanks, so you are going to do presidential vote by city/township post 1998 and city/township maps for governor elections? I'm just wondering so I don't accidentally do the same thing as you. I wasn't planning on doing any of those elections anyway so we should be good. Do you have a statewide city/township map that you are going to use?

Yes.  There's a city/township map on the Atlas that I colored for a default, but some of the cities and townships are hard to see.  Another one would be nice, but it's not necessary.  I was also planning on doing elections for Senate, Attorney General, and Secretary of State.