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States in the solid, leaning, or toss-up categories, Presidential election 2008.

No, top ten states (relatively) for each candidate.

The dark red states gave Obama his 10 largest state margins, the light red, the next 10, and so on. Again, these are only relative.

Can you figure this one ?

Something to do with 2004.

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Can you figure this one ?

Something to do with 2004.

Indeed, but what ?

Margin of victory perhaps? I see Utah is the darkest shade of blue, and DC the darkest shade of red.

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Can you figure this one ?

Something to do with 2004.

Indeed, but what ?

Margin of victory perhaps? I see Utah is the darkest shade of blue, and DC the darkest shade of red.

No, in this case TX and NY would make no sense.

The size of each state? DC is the darkest shade of red and it has only 3 electoral votes. Also CA, TX and NY are lighter shades than other states.

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Something to do with the 2004-2008 swing?

Yep.

Red: D swing and trend
Dark red: state with the biggest D swing/trend of the year (Hawaii)
Gray: D swing but R trend
Blue: R swing and trend
Dark blue: state with the biggest R swing/trend of the year (Arkansas)

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The Senate's composition after the 2008 elections. Come on, this one was just too simple !

yes but there's just a little more to it than that.

Liberal/conservative Senators?

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I'm guessing this is how Americans see European countries.

Obviously. "Thanksgiving meal" pretty much gave it away.

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Oh c'mon, that's too easy !

Dark red : Kennedy/Humphrey/McGovern
Red : Kennedy/Humphrey/Nixon
Light blue : Kennedy/Nixon/Nixon or Nixon/Humphrey/Nixon
Dark blue : Nixon/Nixon/Nixon

Right....

I see it simply like this:

Dark red: voted Nixon 0 times out of 3
Light red: 1/3
Light blue: 2/3
Dark blue: 3/3

(note that DC is not included in this map; they got to vote only in 1968 and 1972)

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After Ohio going GOP in 2010, scenario in which Obama wins the presidency in 2012.

This map is actually extremely important, because it is exactly how a tied election between Obama and McCain would have turned out in 2008.

wouldn't obama have carried virginia??

Nope. Virginia was more Republican than the nation.

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I think I have tried this before. Time to give it another go....

Map #1

Map #2

Some notes:
Non-political (both maps)
Shades not related to each other (both maps). For example, in map 2 Texas is not a more "intense" Oklahoma.
The colors have different meanings in each map. For example, Alabama is bright red in both maps, but the bright red in map 1 does not mean the same thing as the bright red in map 2.

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You don't want to make a guess on mine ?

Sorry, I have to draw a blank on your 3 maps.

Here, by the way, is a hint for you regarding my maps: in map 2, you'd be sky blue (that is, the same color as Nevada and Rhode Island).

(Hopefully that doesn't make it too obvious...)

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You don't want to make a guess on mine ?

Sorry, I have to draw a blank on your 3 maps.

Here, by the way, is a hint for you regarding my maps: in map 2, you'd be sky blue (that is, the same color as Nevada and Rhode Island).

(Hopefully that doesn't make it too obvious...)

By I you mean France ?

What?

BTW, I can guess that your first map has to do with the 2008 election.

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What?

You said "in map 2, you'd be sky blue". Since your map refers to geographical areas, I thought you meant that on your map, France would be sky blue.

No, I'm talking about you specifically, as an individual. It should be easy now....

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Is it the most popular baby names, maps one and two being girls and boys, respectively?

Yes! Numbers are from 2009 (currently the last year with state data).

Well, I doubt Antonio is the most popular baby name anywhere in the USA.

Though, it could be the first letter of the most popular baby name...

Well, no, not "Antonio", but its American English equivalent (Anthony) is.

By the way, re: your name, I thought you were Italian or Spanish when you first came on the forum. Isn't it "Antoine" in French?

And, no, it's not letters, we're dealing with actual names, with each color being a different name.

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For reference:

Map #1

Map #2

All numbers taken from http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/state/top5_2009.html

Remember, map 1 = girls, map 2 = boys

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That's indeed quite funny.
All those Isabellas... And where the hell does "Ava" come from ?
For boys, Aiden ? Noah ? Jayden ? . Ad so much Jacobs and Ethans ? Also, Texas is quite... interesting.

I know, I felt there were many silly names too.

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(If you're just going to say that that map represents the 2008 swings, think again. It is true, but think about what the shades mean before you respond.)

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States in a dark shades have swung the same way in 2008 and 2004.

You're close, but there's a better explanation.

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States in a dark shades have swung the same way in 2008 and 2004.

You're close, but there's a better explanation.

The more consecutive elections with the same swing direction, the darker. Or to put it otherwise :
swung dem in 2008, rep in 2004 : light red
swung dem in 2008, dem in 2004, rep in 2000 : dark red
dem in 2008, dem in 2004, dem in 2000, rep in 1996 : darker red
etc...

Yes! The shades talk about the streak that each party has (not the winning streak, but the streak in swings). The lightest shade (>40%) indicates that this is the first consecutive swing of the state in question toward the same party. If it's the second consecutive swing toward the same party, I use >50% and so on.

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Nobody's guessing my map.... I'll repost it.