Most beautiful election map

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

What election was this?

1915 Massachusetts Lt. Governor Republican Primary. Calvin Coolidge was the winner. Such a shocking choice for Wormyguy.

Wormyguy?! I'm Dallas.

Sorry, my bad. I'm just used to the yellow MA being wormyguy. Seeing as I have him on ignore, you wouldn't think it would be much of an issue...

Regardless.. the reason I choice this as a "Beautiful" election map is because Western Mass is perfectly in sync - as it goes East, it gets less and less blue (Berkshires -> Worcester -> Middlesex) before getting red at Norfolk and Suffolk.

I will admit to some personal bias vis-a-vis Coolidge, but that has more to do with the fact that I have not uploaded more primary elections. I also uploaded this today, just in inspiration of this thread:

[Bacon King]

I can probably tell you the race and region of every candidate without even knowing who they are.

Region, certainly, but probably not race All of the candidates were actually white.

I imagine that the yellow candidate is white and probably from the northern suburbs of Athens,  but I wonder what explains his support in the far northwest and southeast. Comparative weakness/geographical distance of the others coupled with a more even distribution of the yellow candidate's vote, perhaps.

Indeed; Mac Barber was from Jackson County (the southeast darker yellow county). Though Athens actually doesn't have much in the way of suburbs, interestingly, with the possible exception of northern Oconee County (although that area is more of an exurban Atlanta bedroom community).

You're entirely correct regarding why he won the random counties on the edge of the state; he was the only candidate with any degree of statewide name recognition. He had been a fixture in state politics since he first took office in 1948; he was a unique character, and that helped him get a lot of news coverage through the years as well.

He made headlines a few times for forgiving hospital big bills when he was a regional hospital authority president, he often left his office through the window, he once wrecked a government car by driving it off a convenience store loading ramp, and at one point won a six-figure settlement in a defamation case and donated it all to the University of Georgia. When he was on Georgia's Public Service Commission, he was once investigated for taking bribes; to demonstrate his innocence by proving his disregard for money, he showed up at the state Attorney General's office with 24 years' worth of PSC checks he had never cashed.

Apologies for the off topic tangent, by the way Barber's always been a favorite of mine. But yeah, outside of his old State House district he polled roughly the same in every rural county statewide, but that percentage was only enough to let him win in areas were no other candidate had influence.

[minionofmidas]

This map from yesterday would make a highly useful contribution to this thread, if only Gallagher had won Limerick Rural.

[Bacon King]

GA 2010 Republican Insurance Commissioner Primary:

Oh, let me clarify a bit on why I like this one. It was a nine candidate race, with eight of the candidates winning counties (though naturally, the guy I voted for was the ninth one!). Three different candidates are purple on this map so it doesn't really show the true beauty/insanity; the purple block in the west was all one candidate, but the purple counties in the southwest and in the southeast were two other guys. Also, it's pretty hard to tell the difference between the lighter shades of some of the colors so it's difficult to distinguish between green and blue, or yellow and orange.

But still, it looks like a five year old splattered paint on the wall which then had a map of Georgia superimposed over it. These sorts of chaotic maps always amuse me.

[homelycooking]

GA 2010 Republican Insurance Commissioner Primary:

Why do the primaries in Georgia have so many candidates? Are parties' petitioning requirements very low?

[Hash]

2004 Spanish election in Euskadi



I like how the solid PNV bloc in Bizkaia is so uniform and divided from another solid bloc by a weaker string.

2007 French presidential election, Ille-et-Vilaine



It's amusing to see how leftie support ripples out from the centre (Rennes) and forms ever-larger concentric circles, with the right being left on the peripheries (except Redon).

2007 French presidential election, Loire-Atlantique



Another great map of a uniform voting bloc

2007 French legislative election runoffs, Finistere



Leon/Crozon/Haute Cornouaille divided by a Brest/Tregor/Monts d'Aree string of leftieness (+ the leftieness of Cornouaille and Quimper)

and... of course... Lozere:



So... perfect.

[homelycooking]

Not enough resolution, Hash... those maps should be 5% scaled!

Some of the French commune maps can get so detailed that at a distance they look like some sort of impressionist painting.

[Duke David]

Not enough resolution, Hash... those maps should be 5% scaled!

Some of the French commune maps can get so detailed that at a distance they look like some sort of impressionist painting.

This map looks like a color perception test.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Not enough resolution, Hash... those maps should be 5% scaled!

Some of the French commune maps can get so detailed that at a distance they look like some sort of impressionist painting.

What election was it and which party do the colors represent ?

[homelycooking]

That's the first round of the 2002 French presidential election.

Green: Saint-Josse (CPNT)
Purple: Le Pen (FN)
Blue: Chirac (RPR)
Red: Jospin (PS)
Yellow: Bayrou (UDF)
Orange: Commies and Trots - and maybe some other candidates. I ran out of colors.

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's the first round of the 2002 French presidential election.

Green: Saint-Josse (CPNT)
Purple: Le Pen (FN)
Blue: Chirac (RPR)
Red: Jospin (PS)
Yellow: Bayrou (UDF)
Orange: Commies and Trots - and maybe some other candidates. I ran out of colors.

Oh, I see. That's a weird color code, but the result is quite beautiful.


BTW, the map of your sig is absolutely awesome.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

[Hash]

Beautifully homogeneous maps:

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Wow, I never knew that Paris was that conervative (for French standards, I guess    ).    Great maps. 

[RBH]

don't sleep on some of the polarized Virginia primary maps

[Hash]

Wow, I never knew that Paris was that conervative (for French standards, I guess    ).    Great maps. 

It used to be more right-wing, but it was never really conservative. At any rate, Paris has a heavy left-wing trend and the Parisian right is in shambles. Like, say, the Vermont GOP?

[bgwah]

This thread should probably be moved to political geography, shouldn't it?

Anyway, I decided to post some WA maps:

1968 SoS D Primary:


1940 Sen D Primary:


1970 R Sen Primary (the chance to get demolished by Scoop Jackson!)


1928 Lt. Gov R Primary


1980 Gov D Primary


1930 initiative on re-apportionment


1932 initiative on ending prohibition

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Obviously there's too much blue and too much yellow, but from an aesthetic point of view...

This was done in a strange experimental way, and I like it:



And then there's...



And here's a beautiful series:



(Manchester and surrounds, for those that don't know)

And London 1918-1945:



Also, I suppose this is pretty, even if...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This doesn't count as such, but is certainly one of the most beautiful election-related maps I've ever made.

[You kip if you want to...]

Purely from a partisan hack's point of view:


Or the AV one:

[Antonio the Sixth]

Purely from a partisan hack's point of view:

From a hackish point of view, my favorite British election is definitely 1945.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Here's the 1968 US Presidential Election by congressional district.  Ohhh, pretty colors and little gerrymandering!  




I have this posted on another thread, but what the hey.  

[afleitch]

Scotland's constituencies from 1983-1997. They just look...right.

[almirzz]

Truly remarkable seeing the districts of the 60s in the 68 map. Looking at my un-gerrymandered home state of Arizona is amazing. It was perfect, to quote the movie Black Swan.