Most beautiful election map

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Maps with unusual geographic concentrations and distributions are most beautiful to me, I think.

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Which map is that homely?

I guess it's the United States presidential election in Vermont, 1992

Er, not quite. That is the 2010 Republican primary for US Senate.

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I know Antonio will like this one.

2000-2008 trend

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Which map is that homely?

I guess it's the United States presidential election in Vermont, 1992

Er, not quite. That is the 2010 Republican primary for US Senate.

I believe you mean US House.

You're right, thanks. That's Paul Beaudry in red.

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RBH has submitted a ton of great crazy primary maps. States with lots of counties are more fun... Washington unfortunately loses out in this regard (we don't have townships either). Here is one of my favorites:

GA Lt. Gov D Primary, 1998:

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

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.

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GA 2010 Republican Insurance Commissioner Primary:

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

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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.

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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.